About this episode
Today on the Rambling Runner Podcast we are introducing a new kind of episode that will become part of our normal rotation: Sport Science Corner. These episodes will feature a prominent guest who will walk us through some of the significant research that can effect many amateur runners. Our guest in this episode is Christine Yu. Christine is an award-winning journalist. She writes about sports, science, and health. She especially love telling stories about the intersection of sports science and women athletes and wrote a book about it. UP TO SPEED: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes , will be published on May 16, 2023 (I've pre-ordered my copy and you should do the same!). Christine's reported features, profiles, and essays have appeared in The Washington Post, Outside Magazine, Runner's World, Family Circle, SELF, Eating Well, VICE, and espnW , among others. Here are the research papers we discuss in this episode: Preventing bone stress injuries in runners with optimal workload: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8316280/ A Review of Nonpharmacological Strategies in the Treatment of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport: https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/ijsnem/31/3/article-p268.xml Recommendations and Nutritional Considerations for Female Athletes: Health and Performance: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-021-01508-8 Individualized Endurance Training Based on Recovery and Training Status in Recreational Runners: https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Fulltext/2022/10000/Individualized_Endurance_Training_Based_on.8.aspx You can learn more about Christine and order her book at https://linktr.ee/cyu888 . Sponsor: This episode is sponsored by UCAN nutrition which is powered to deliver steady, long lasting energy without the spike and crash. Add in UCAN Hydrate to get those electrolytes that you need to stay hydrated. Finally, you've got to try the award winning Edge energy gels - they are my go-to on the run. You will get 20% of all of your orders at ucan.co with code RAMBLING. _ _ _ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices