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Gastro-Intestinal problems in Endurance Training and Competition?

By William Sichel

It’s well known that large numbers of athletes suffer some form of gastro-intestinal (GI) disturbance during endurance events. In some long events GI problems can affect over 50% of the competitors. While this article has been written mainly for the benefit competitors in Endurance Sports and Ultra-Distance Events, it may be useful to anyone undertaking extreme forms of physical training and competition. We will look at some of the common GI complaints faced by those involved in endurance training and competition, consider a series of easy to implement strategies to assess and control such problems and then ask how GI complaints arise and most importantly, look at what we can do to solve these issues and improve performance.

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PARIS (AFP) - The adage that laughter is the best medicine has been backed by an unusual investigation which says that people who seethe with anger take longer to recover from injury.

Previous studies have linked ill tempered behaviour, whether brow-beating or road rage, with higher incidence of coronary heart disease, hypertension and stroke, especially among men.

But the new study, published on Wednesday in the British journal Brain, Behaviour, Immunity, is the first controlled experiment that directly measures the impact of ire on the healing process.e

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Even the professionals are impressed by Craig Thornley’s classic blister.
In an emergency use the pin from your race number to quickly puncture and drain the blister and make sure to thoroughly clean the area post race or in a multiday at breaktime.

Posted on the Ultralist:

Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 07:34:03 -0800
From: Tom Buckley
Subject: Consequences of blisters

I just received a newsletter from our local running club and the need to take care of blisters really hit home for me. I’ve included part of the newsletter.

“Some of you will know Simon Timmer as a long time runner from the Ladysmith area, and a past member of the Ceevacs Running Club. For those that didnÂ’t hear SimonÂ’s wife Gail ( a very active & athletic woman) had a blister way back in May, which she tried to treat herself. (more…)

Energy bars promise to improve your performance, delivering a power boost far greater than is found in a humble banana. But do they actually work? And why do they always taste so awful? Emma Townshend investigates the new sugar rush.

Sunday November 25, 2007
Observer Sport Monthly

The boxing gym in Hercules Road is crammed into railway arches behind Waterloo station and the rumble of trains going overhead every minute or so sounds like the hunger pangs of an underfed giant sleeping in the room next door. Boxers are notoriously picky about food in a sport where weight is such an issue, and Tom Freije, former British Universities middleweight champion, is no exception. Here for a Saturday-morning workout, Freije is summing up fellow students’ attitudes to sports snacks: ‘On the rowing squad, in the rugby team, amongst the boxers, there are PhD biochemists, there are physiologists, there are people doing neurology doctorates. These guys are really knowledgable about food and nutrition, they do a lot of research on the internet. And, yes, they do use energy bars for a boost before a workout.’

Read the whole article at the Observer

There has been some discussion of this topic on the Ultralist over the past year or so as I recall and this article was recently posted on Ultra Adventures.

Title: Antibiotics and Tendons
Author: mday
Date: Monday, July 16 2007 @ 07:05 PDT

Injuries tend to beget more injuries. I’ve had kidney stones for quite a while. Last March I went on a trailing run with Mark Long and Rich Sexton, and we ran out of water for 15 miles or so, and got severely dehydrated. (more…)

The Most Important Issue of my Fixing Your feet Ezine - http://vonhof.typepad.com/happy_feet/2007/07/the-most-import.html

Last Friday I released the July issue of my Fixing Your Feet Ezine. If you are active and want to take good care of your feet, I urge you to read this issue. I have pasted the summary of the newsletter below so you can see the focus. (more…)

“these are drugs that we are popping, not M&Msâ„¢”

In light of my ignorance about the effects and side-effects of various pain-relievers and anti-inflammatories, I came across a brief synopsis which is available at Running Free at the link below. (more…)

New study on Western States ultrarunners advises caution when using Non-Steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

Published in the Int J Sports Med.

NCBI

Posted on the Ultralist:

Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 08:24:13 +1200
From: “Bixley, Matthew”
Subject: Drink Recipes

While on the subject of ORS here’s the recipe I use on my long runs. (more…)