Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Plantar Fasciitis

This entry covers my experiences with Plantar Fasciitis, what helped and what didn’t. It is not intended to be a comprehensive review of Plantar Fasciitis, or to provide specific medical advice.

http://fellrnr.com/wiki/Plantar_Fasciitis

Two minor updates - fixing iPod remote and Modified Nike Frees.

http://fellrnr.com/wiki/Modified_Nike_Free (use an electric knife)
http://fellrnr.com/wiki/Fixing_iPod_remote_headphones (use silica gel)

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Racing 2 Marathons

I have been asked a number of times about how to race two marathons close together. I've converted one of my answers into a tip page. http://fellrnr.com/wiki/Racing_2_Marathons

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Altitude Training

I've been reading up on altitude training, and recorded my thoughts on the wiki. Let me know if you have any questions...

http://fellrnr.com/wiki/Altitude_Training_Approaches
http://fellrnr.com/wiki/Altitude_Training
http://fellrnr.com/wiki/Hypoxia_Systems
http://fellrnr.com/wiki/Book_Review_%E2%80%93_Altitude_Training_and_Athletic_Performance

I'm very tempted by the AltoLab system - let me know if you've tried it!

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Updates to Hydration, hyponatremia and sodium loss

I've updated my entries on hydration. The overview article has some tweaks and the detailed article has a new section giving details on sodium losses while racing. There is also a table of sodium losses for sample times, sweat rates and acclimation levels.

Overview - http://fellrnr.com/wiki/Practical_Hydration
Details - http://fellrnr.com/wiki/Hydration_101
Sodium Loss table - http://fellrnr.com/wiki/Sodium_Loss