072. Coach Lab with Daniel Rowland | Managing the post race recovery, maintaining fitness, setting the foundations for long term athletic development
Running long - A trail and ultra running talk
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The Effects of Muscle Damage on the Hormone and Hormonal System After a Race
For shorter races and more intense races, it's probably almost purely muscular. But if you manage to avoid hitting the wall and your nutrition during the race goes well, perhaps the impact on the hormonal and index system is not as not a bigger impact. It's really when you get into ultras and maybe multi-stage events that you can really knock yourself out of a normal routine. For our race, you probably ate a normal breakfast or a large breakfast before and you can eat a good recovery a year later. If you do a 10-hour race, you've missed a meal, there's been significant depletion and a lot of demand on the metabolic system. And in that case, that probably
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