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Dai Roberts: Posted on Friday, May 04, 2012 6:15 PM
Post Experiment Wrap Up for PEE: Personal Experiment in Endurance (PEE) was a way for me to understand the nature of longer "ultra" runs and the specifics of what is needed to maintain optimal racing efficiency during such events. The hypothesis stated that endurance is only limited by nutrition and mental fortitude. If the nutrition can be optimized for the individual and the will to continue can be maintained then endurance should be unlimited. The Race across America (RAAM ) |
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Dai Roberts: Posted on Friday, April 20, 2012 3:54 PM
 Lunch at the Park: Trying out the secret recipe mix for lunch, crunch test time. We plan to keep blogging through the run with blow by blow accounts of funtimes, badtimes, soretimes, mealtimes and goodtimes :) And eventually endtimes, Yay!!
Camping tonight at the park ready for an early start in the morning beginning with a quick massage and breakfast. I dont know what everyone is planning, but we shall break fast with oatmeal, a banana, honey, soy milk and a bottle of Accelerade and a mug of tea (British you see!). |
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Dai Roberts: Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2012 8:41 PM
So by this time on Saturday we, team "Cheers, Beers and Never Quit" or "S-x and Strawberries"(?) will be 14 or more hours into the run for fun 24 Hour Ultra Run and Relayand will have been enjoying the sunshine !! and 80 degree weather. So don't forget EVERYONE its not about drinking just water, electrolytes and especially SODIUM are VITAL. Check our posts today on Facebook and also on Twitter @dairoberts1 where we added some GREAT info from Trail Runnermagazine about Ultra running and muscle damage from dehydration/lack of sodium. |
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Dai Roberts: Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 2:53 PM
Recoveryhits me full on as a huge challenge for marathoners let alone 24 hour'ers (?) and how to recover during the run and afterwards also. If you don't stop at all, just kept chugging along, there are no breaks, but still recovery is essential and probably involves using different muscles and that doesn't mean doing hand stands along the trail !! By varying the type of shoes maybe you can alter the way you run slightly to save muscle damage to the same muscles. |
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Dai Roberts: Posted on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 9:29 AM
The PEE: (Personal Experiment in Endurance) With the Virginia 24 Hour Run for Cancer coming in 4 days, its time to get the muscles repaired and rested for the long day and night of "Forward Motion", some running, riding and bathing in the bay is called for. I have heard different plans from people: run all the time, run 3 laps walk a lap, rest a while and my plan which is to run 2 laps, rest then repeat for as long as I can. After all cancer is often a long struggle for those who are sick and for friends and family. |
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Dai Roberts: Posted on Thursday, April 12, 2012 8:44 PM
A Personal blog to describe the PEE Eight days Out: A Personal Experiment in Endurance, abbreviated to just PEE, is 8 days from getting underway, then it is one day from being done so that can't be but so bad, right? Having not run like this for many years, the planning is critical and the plan will be something to deviate from once things kick off. So today the 8th day, it is time to try out the food, because I think I will crave something to chew and more important CRUNCH! There's something satisfying about crunching food, so we are working on adding some CRUNCH, maybe with some rice chips with sea salt added to the dish of the day. |
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