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EP 540: Can You Be Fit and Still Be Unhealthy? Dr. Phil Maffetone Weighs In Oct 01, 2021

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Trail Runner Nation friend and frequent guest, Dr. Phil Maffetone, helps us understand that health isn't a simple byproduct of fitness; that fitness can be improved with better health. He explains how we can become healthier and more fit athletes. We refer to an article, "Athletes: Fit but Unhealthy".

Other references:

Get the Maffetone App HERE
Take the 2 Week Test
Get a taste of Dr. Maffetone's best articles HERE

Keep listening past the credits for a song from Phil's most recent album, Outlier. Learn more about Phil Maffetone's MUSIC

We had a fun Bonus Miles discussion with Phil that you can access as a Patreon Ambassador level or higher.

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EP 539: 7 Simple Rules Before Buying Your Next Running Shoe Sep 24, 2021

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Dr. Mark Cucuzzella and Dr. Ryan Green are runners, experts on running form AND owners of specialty shoe stores. We enlist their help to teach us how to choose the right shoes:

Find a credible store and fitting expert
Step & Feel
What is the right size?
Use all your senses to feel the fit
Orthotics?
Color matters
Magic will happen when you take off your shoes

References:

Contact Dr. Green at his web site or visit his web site: Varsity Running
Dr. Mark's Run for Your Life Podcast
Dr. Mark's book, "Run for Your Life"
Holowka, N.B., Wallace, I.J. & Lieberman, D.E. Foot strength and stiffness are related to footwear use in a comparison of minimally- vs. conventionally-shod populations. Sci Rep 8, 3679 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21916-7

Cudejko, T., Gardiner, J., Akpan, A. et al. Minimal shoes improve stability and mobility in persons with a history of falls. Sci Rep 10, 21755 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78862-6

Make sure you watch his 8:25 Video that show the principles of natural running.

Be sure to spend some time learning at The Natural Running Center web site.

Visit Two Rivers Treads running store either in person or call them and ask them some questions!

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EP 538: Continuous Glucose Monitors: The Ultimate Running Hack? Sep 17, 2021

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One of the new devices for athletes that is getting some buzz are continuous glucose monitors (CGM), a small adhesive patch with a tiny filament embedded in the flesh. This device is designed to track your blood sugar levels. Could this be the next technology that helps runners avoid bonking? Author, runner and regular TRN guest, Alex Hutchinson recently tried out one of these devices and shares his experience. Read his recent article, "A Real-Time Fuel Gauge for Endurance Athletes" in OutsideOnline

Alex Hutchinson is an avid runner and author. We did a series of podcasts on his book, Endure: Mind, Body and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance

What Defines our Limits - with Alex Hutchinson

Follow Alex on Twitter

Check out Sweat Science

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EP 537: When Your Doctor Says, "Stop Running" Sep 10, 2021

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Most of us inevitably recruit a team that support our running. This could be a running partner, coach, crew, pacers, etc. One key teammate that you might consider is an Athletic Trainer.

Guest co-host, Krissy Moehl, shares her experience with having someone on her team that helps maintain her body through activation, recovery and treatment.

Kerry Gustafson is owner of Prime Sports Institute, an athletic training facility providing a team approach to health care in Bellingham, Washington. Kerry explains that athletic trainers are the "point guard" for your care. Traditionally these athletic trainers are found on the sidelines of collegiate or professional sports teams. Now their services are available for the amateur runner!

To find an athletic trainer near you, try Go4Ellis.

Check out Prime Sports Institute's online Yoga for runners program or call for a remote consultation.

Follow Prime Sports Institute on Instagram Youtube

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EP 536: Seven Simple Rules For a Successful Longer Run Sep 03, 2021

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Andy Jones-Wilkins joins to talk about seven simple rules to consider for a successful long run. This list is not comprehensive and we may have follow up episodes.

Don't run a single hill (the definition of a hill varies by fitness level)
Run all downs, (unless the hill taxes the knees, quads, or risk a fall)
Start early with a purposeful walk/run rhythm. Keep the body fresh, do not put yourself in a catch up position. EVERY time you shift from a run to a walk, use this mantra, "Walk with purpose!" Walking with a purpose is effective and a strategy.
Manage the aidstations, show up with a plan. . Let a volunteer fill your hydration. Next, take care of your gear and medical. Select your fuel, eat it as you walk out. (No loitering) You cover an enormous amount of ground when you purposefully walk.
Monitor anything that feels slightly off; calories, hydration, electrolytes, salt on face, salt on shirt, color of urine, cramping, stomach, apply lube to anything hot (chaffage) and listen to negative mental chatter. Negative chatter is your body's way of telling you that you need to change something, if you push through the early warning sign, catastrophe is around the corner.
Give yourself permission to back off your effort and recapture anything that isn't working or needs correcting. Most issues can be solved by backing off the pace. Give it time and you can return to your gameplan. SCOTT has a story for this one
Trust your math. Stay with your plan. Worrying requires energy. You need that energy to finish the run. (Do all the math before the run)And share it with your crew/pacer

Don's video from Moab 240 we mentioned

Hire Andy as a coach! or check out his weekly Tap Room at iRunFar

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EP 535: TRN Pulls Back the Curtain: A Discussion about the WHY That Drives Us Aug 27, 2021

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Trail Runner Nation began in November of 2011 with a singular purpose or WHY: To share knowledge with our Nation of runners that will help them become better runners, run longer. In this candid conversation, Don and Scott talk about how this WHY was formed and how it has guided the podcast: from choosing guests and topics.

We credit this clarity to a book by Simon Sinek, "Start with Why". We highly recommend it to everyone that might be looking at life or projects that are a little blurry. As an appetizer, please watch Simon in his 18-minute Ted Talk from 2010.

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EP 534: Kilian Up Close: Trail Running, Risk Taking, Family & More with the World's Greatest Trail Runner Aug 20, 2021

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Kilian Jornet, 33, is one of our generation's greatest endurance athletes. He is a six-time Skyrunner World Series champion, and has stood atop the podium at trail races around the wold, most notably the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, Western States Endurance Run, and Hardrock Hundred Mile Run. Jornet has set fastest known times on mountain peaks from the Matterhorn to Mont Blanc and holds numerous ski mountaineering records.

Guest Hosts Anna Frost and Stephanie Howe speak with Kilian from his home in a quiet Norwegian village where he lives with his wife, noted trail racer Emilie Forsberg, two daughters, a labradoodle, eleven sheep and a menagerie of farm animals.

You will find that Kilian is humble and thoughtful. You will find out where he ranks a 24-hour track run on his "fun scale". He is passionate about our environment and brining up his family and teaching future generations about how to keep the planet safe.

Check out Kilian Jornet Foundation

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EP 533: Puke & Rally - Mental Toughness with Dr. Rob Bell Aug 13, 2021

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One thing most runners have in common is that we will inevitably puke: literally and figuratively. How do you react to these situations? Dr. Rob Bell is a certified Mental Performance Coach with years of academic research and real-life coaching experience. He will help us to put these situations into perspective, frame them and then use them to propel us to improved performance and fulfillment.

Dr. Rob Bell's seventh book, Puke & Rally: It's Not About the Setback, It's About the Comeback

Check out

Dr. Rob's web site
Puke & Rally web site
His podcast, "15 minutes of Mental Toughness"

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EP 532: The Truth Behind Sally McRae's Win at 2021 Badwater 135 Aug 06, 2021

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Badwater 135 mile race is dubbed the world's toughest footrace. It begins at the lowest elevation in the USA (280 feet below sea level) and runs over three mountain ranges in the blistering heat of Death Valley, climbing 14,600' to end at the portal to Mt. Whitney. Some of the greatest ultra runners have run this race. This was Sally McRae's second attempt. In 2018 she finished a personal-disappointing seventh place. This year she won and won big. She joins co-host Krissy Moehl to discuss her training journey, what drove her to the win and how she is recovering.

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EP 531: The Art of Running with Joe Grant Jul 30, 2021

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Joe Grant has run and raced around the world and created some amazing adventures in his home state of Colorado. Guest hosts Anna Frost and Stephanie Howe find out more about what makes Joe tick and why he feels running is an art.

Joe's move, The Middle Way
Find out more about Joe's adventurous life
Joe's adventure to bike to and then summit all of Colorado's 14ers (peaks that are over 14,000' in elevation)

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