Before I get to the experiment, here’s just a little background on post race recovery:
Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS), elevated levels of cortisol, and a multitude of other things after an ultra are common and ultimately delay recovery.  DOMS comes from a lot of concentric muscle contraction that is created from downhill running.  Sure it’s [...]

It’s taken me 5 years but I think I’ve finally got it figured out.
I’ve had my fair share of bonks (some of them resulting in a DNF), enough to know that I want no part of it.  Each time wondering how it happened and to no avail because you know as well as I do [...]

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