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Episode 67: Fact or Fiction: Eccentric loading for downhill running, mental toughness, and amenorrhea in athletes
Corrine, Keely, and Hillary dive into the Olympic Marathon Trials and Corrine gives an uptdate on UTMB and the Pro Trail Runner Association. Then they dive into a Fact or Fiction discussion around different running topics. They dive into the benefits of downhill running on conditioning the quads for races with a lot of downhills, the importance of mental toughness and when it is advantageous versus dangerous, and the negative health outcomes associated with losing your menstrual cycle and why we should strive to keep our cycle regular even during large training blocks. Send us your POST RUN SNACK PICS (WRAPPERS ONLY) This episode is brought to you by Freetrail @runfreetrail www.freetrail.com - subscribe and JOIN US IN SLACK & The Feed!!! \get $15 to spend every quarter: https://thefeed.com/trailsociety Articles: Downhill Running: https://air.unimi.it/bitstream/2434/919482/2/Khassetarash%20et%20al_The%20repeated%20bout%20effect%20influences%20lower-extremity%20biomechanics%20during%20a%2030-min%20downhill%20run.pdf Mental Toughness: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1612197X.2022.2161102 Amenorrhea in athletes: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2941235/pdf/nihms203828.pdf RED-S implications: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9724109/
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