tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post5761954728244854233..comments2024-02-06T08:43:35.333+01:00Comments on Sea Legs Girl: Systematically kicking bootésea legs girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14782712411873234071noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-56796127169034596612010-04-16T17:04:13.962+02:002010-04-16T17:04:13.962+02:00Helen,
Oh, that makes me so happy. Sounds like ex...Helen,<br /><br />Oh, that makes me so happy. Sounds like exactly what I had in mind for the book. I am glad you are enjoying it! <br /><br />Good thing you flew out of Amsterdam and not Copehangen since our airport is closed due to the Ejfjallajokull volcano on Iceland.<br /><br />What are you doing back in Europe again?sea legs girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782712411873234071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-19574900115554809382010-04-16T12:23:03.461+02:002010-04-16T12:23:03.461+02:00Sitting on the ferry to from Holyhead to Dublin, 2...Sitting on the ferry to from Holyhead to Dublin, 24 hours after leaving Amsterdam by train (having flown overnight from Mpls), I am writing my first draft of the story for your book!<br /><br />It seems more like a run though childhood memories than a running route story but I'll send along soon anyway and see what you think!<br /><br />------<br /><br />Also, good post! I agree with Olga that you need to start calling this speedwork and not interval training :) But great job! Gotta love that so soon after the 50 miler.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06015544399068863167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-73555493023398254042010-04-15T20:28:50.563+02:002010-04-15T20:28:50.563+02:00Olga, I'm so glad you persisted in writing des...Olga, I'm so glad you persisted in writing despite the hardship. I have had that happen WAY too many times with the accidental comment erase. Anyway, you are probably right that most women interpreted "exhaustion" the same way you did, though I would like to know the word they used in Norwegian. Anyway, I WAS exhausted after Hells Hills. Make no mistake.<br /><br />Steve Q, it is now official that it is a GOOD thing you can't use accents on you computer, since you don't know how to use them anyway. It is résumé and not rèsumé (there is no accent grave! Only aigu.)<br /><br />Cherelli, this is a tough issue. I shouldn't claim to be any sort of expert. But at the same time, I am happy you're going to get more into exercising, because I know you love it. Do it because you enjoy it and it feels good. And if that IS exactly what you do, I refuse to believe it will lower your chances of pregnancy. <br /><br />Sometimes I wish a fertility expert would chime in with a comment...sea legs girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782712411873234071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-1558703933771934442010-04-15T19:30:18.583+02:002010-04-15T19:30:18.583+02:00Thanks SLG...I'm actually starting to do a bit...Thanks SLG...I'm actually starting to do a bit more exercise this week because I see your point...something else may be going on...and it feels so good to have more oxygen moving through my lungs and body :) Soon my pants and I will stop fighting hopefully too!!cherellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13643258879501877022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-49048190960012934612010-04-15T18:41:10.342+02:002010-04-15T18:41:10.342+02:00I give up. I even use "curriculum vitae"...I give up. I even use "curriculum vitae" rather than "re(accent grave)sume(accent acute)." I suppose I'll have to learn to type some day.SteveQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943650844671498074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-58987686642059338872010-04-15T16:55:04.924+02:002010-04-15T16:55:04.924+02:00Crap, I freaking hate it when I am ready to post a...Crap, I freaking hate it when I am ready to post a comment and hit some key that deletes all of my thoughtful writings!!! <br />Lets try again, with less enthusiasm. SLG, if you puke, collapse in a dirt and have legs shaking badly - you ARE getting yourself to exhaustion. <br />As far as I am aware, watching elite runners and reading about many of their training, interval repeats are supposed to get faster with time progression, and they don't really "drop dead" on them. <br />Correct me if I am wrong, but the idea behind intervals is to keep them at even pace and be able to squeeze one more if needed. Puking and collapsing is for the race - what those elites usually do. What's the point of getting one PR in training and then forgoing the rest of the session in terms of quality?<br />What do I know, though? I only ran a 6:20 mile once, and it WAS in a race, on a 200m indoor track championship, 5 days after my first 50k, and I did kind of toppled over, but stayed upright and gained composure about 20 seconds later. It was a fun memory, one I'll never be able to reproduce:)<br />As for blog contacts - I get those emails rather very often, at times for products, and at times to post about upcoming events. I only do it if I believe in what I am writing about. And since I am pretty set on what I am using, there is no reason to post about new stuff - but if I like something, I have no problems saying it. And trust me, I don't talk about every company that provides me with stuff - I am pretty quiet about half of them, bless their little hearts:)Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00493291972954387932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-40569520433101989842010-04-15T14:15:23.916+02:002010-04-15T14:15:23.916+02:00Steve Q, I don't recall writing anything about...Steve Q, I don't recall writing anything about a "boote'". Or were you referring to "booté"? <br /><br />Cherelli,<br />I found a really great Norwegian study, the 2009 Physical activity and fertility in women: the North-Trøndelag Health Study by Godmondsdottir (spelled differently and not related to Björk). Excercising any amount, even every day, gives less chance of infertility than no exercise at all. BUT women who excercise frequently "to the point of exhaustion" have a 2.3 x odds ratio of infertility. They DID NOT control for BMI or menstrual irregularity. So there are some unanswered questions, but an interesting study. I would just add that if I were to fill out a survey like this, I would never say I excercise "to the point of exhaustion" because I feel so envigorated at the end. Makes me wonder if these women aren't suffering from another health problem. <br /><br />Piccola, I am also wondering what the secret to my recovery was. I ran a 26 minute 5k and swam 40 laps 2 days after the race, feeling awesome. I have run every day since then, though only 2 hard days. As I have said before, the recovery time is shortened after each ultra. <br /><br />Danni, I did write that post because I wanted to see more frickin' quality out of your blog. I'm kidding of course and just had to write the extremely dorky word, frickin'.sea legs girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782712411873234071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-44955442260688492582010-04-14T23:14:21.831+02:002010-04-14T23:14:21.831+02:00I need to start incorporating more quality.
It an...I need to start incorporating more quality.<br /><br />It annoys me too when people schill crap on their blogs and it's because they're being sponsored. Hardly seems unbiased.Dannihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02201053516148787578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-73233493680322070992010-04-14T20:39:35.312+02:002010-04-14T20:39:35.312+02:00throwing up... in your mouth? oh yuck, that's ...throwing up... in your mouth? oh yuck, that's an image I'll carry with me for awhile.<br />I am really impressed with your recovery from the 50 miler. What, if anything, is the secret? How many days did you take completely off after race day? I am still toast from my 12 km (how pathetic!). So... are you almost ready to post your marathon prediction?PiccolaPineConehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09520539255908849462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-19424701840591050542010-04-14T20:27:06.341+02:002010-04-14T20:27:06.341+02:00Cherelli,
You were one of the people I thought of...Cherelli, <br />You were one of the people I thought of when I wrote that last post. But to be honest, this question is a little out of my league. I will say that stress can cause irregular menstrual cycles and that stress in itself raises cortisol, which I would not doubt impact fertility. But I personally have not seen evidence that strenuous exercise in itself reduces fertility. And evolutionarily and medically it does not make sense to me that it would. BUT, I have looked at lot more into the pregnancy issue than the fertility one. I will look it up on PubMed tomorrow and see if I can't learn more. But for a definitive answer to exactly how and to what degree it impacts fertility, I may need to defer to an endocrinologist.sea legs girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782712411873234071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-43511104666295333382010-04-14T20:13:53.893+02:002010-04-14T20:13:53.893+02:00PS. No one else in the family would ever consider ...PS. No one else in the family would ever consider themselves "athletic" hence the difference between my sister and I and them....cherellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13643258879501877022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-17064843951720612612010-04-14T20:12:28.938+02:002010-04-14T20:12:28.938+02:00Ha I like Steve Q's sense of humor :)
I have a...Ha I like Steve Q's sense of humor :)<br />I have a question re your last post (which I enjoyed). I'm wondering what is the hormonal effect of hard exercise (re endorphins, adrenaline, cortisol perhaps) on the body's hormones re: fertility? Is there not a chance it could impact the thyroid or pituitary and therefore the estrogen/progesterone levels? I'm told it's more and more common for women to have sub-clinical hypothyroid (ok I'm one) which can cause issues of fertility. And whilst it's only one variable of many possible ones, I'm wondering if increased exercise makes women more predisposed to this reduced thyroid function eg. my extended family's history and ability to fall pregnant has been second to none - until my sister and I came along - we are both athletes, both healthy BMI, regular periods...both still TTC with all bar the thyroid given the a-ok...anyway I'm not a doctor, just wondering...? Good luck in the Nike run!cherellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13643258879501877022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-27538479685689235062010-04-14T19:46:54.312+02:002010-04-14T19:46:54.312+02:00"at least in the blog world" you're ..."at least in the blog world" you're not a whore, eh? Yet you still tease me with your accent (the one in boote', not that quasi-jutlandshouldbegerman spoken accent of yours).<br /><br />I just sent you a rough draft of my chapter for your book. You can leave payment on the dresser on your way out.<br /><br />BTW, welcome to my world of sprint and eat dirt!SteveQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943650844671498074noreply@blogger.com