Endurance athletes alternate periods of intensive physical training with periods of rest and recovery to improve performance. An imbalance caused by overly intensive training and Inadequate recovery leads to a breakdown in tissue reparative mechanisms and eventually to overuse injuries. Tendon overuse injury is degenerative rather than inflammatory. Tendinopathy is often slow to resolve and…
Tag: hyponatremia
Gelezen: Food intake and electrolyte status of ultramarathoners competing in extreme heat
Objective: To relate changes in laboratory indices to dietary intake during extremely prolonged running and to determine if dietary intake influences the ability of runners to finish an 160 km trail race. Methods: We monitored intake and serum chemistries of 26 runners competing in an 160 km foot race in temperatures which peaked at 38…