Topics Covered (time in video in brackets):
- Do you have any suggestions from your side on how to go about balancing out eating and training? (00:30)
- How do you deal with your carbo-loading strategy, have you ever experienced excessive water retention? (08:24)
- How do I up the carbs that I take in long runs? (11:08)
- Do you have any tips on looking at the numbers for carb intake etc without getting too scared/fixated on the numbers? (21:40)
- When did you realise you were going to come 3rd at Top Oceans? (26:00)
- What happens as soon as you cross the finish line at Comrades? (30:00)
- What do you do to help your mindset when it get's tough in a race? (32:50)
- Do you always have protein as well as fats after your runs? (40:30)
- Do you do fasted runs? (41:50)
- How do return to running after a big injury? (44:50)
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What I should do if I miss a week of s&c. E.g. if I miss week 2, what should I do on week 3 - should I jump back in with the week 3 session or do week 2 and effectively be a week behind for the rest of the month? (46:50)
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When doing your S&C sessions I notice a (quite big) difference between my left and right sides in terms or strength, balance and form. Is this a major issue? Should I do an extra set on the weaker side? (48:17)
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I'm doing the Valencia marathon in December and I'm thinking of then doing the South Downs Way 50 in April 2024 as my next race. Do you have any advice for transitioning from a marathon training block to an ultra training block within this quite tight timeframe? I'd be especially interested in whether I should have more than a week or two downtime for recovery in-between the blocks or try to maintain the mileage as much as possible? (50:10)
- After a very big race last year Ive had a tricky year with personal issues derailing my running and nutrition. As I build up towards this year's adventure I am quite a bit heavier than a year ago and I feel it is really impacting my running. Any advice on losing weight sensibly during training? (53:10)
- I’ve had problems in the past on hilly ultras with cramping in calves and quads. It’s better now since I’ve started doing S&C but did wonder if there were any specific classes / exercises you could point me towards. I did also have some Achilles tendinitis issues when training load built up but I think this is largely recovered. I also plan to use poles so any upper body strengthening which will help the use of poles would be ideal. (56:40)
