Everyday Ultra

Are you looking to enhance your performance and prevent injury? 

Our guest today, Dani Dlouhy chats all about the importance of proper nutrition, progressive overload, and the balance between training and recovery. Dani explains the significance of strength training for runners and offers insights on managing injuries and understanding pain.

You’ll hear from Dani about her journey as an ultra runner, discussing the mental and physical challenges she faces, particularly with injuries and the balance of training while being a mother. She reflects on her past racing experiences, the lessons learned, and the importance of having a solid training strategy. 

We chat about the significance of consistency in training and how it contributes to long-term success in endurance sports. Also how the need for flexibility in training plans is crucial to accommodate life's unpredictability, especially for those with busy schedules.

And in this episode, we cover things such as:

• Proper nutrition is crucial for runners to avoid injuries.

• Signs of overtraining include significant soreness lasting more than 48 hours.

• Strength training is essential for building capacity and preventing injuries.

• Understanding individual tolerance levels is key to injury prevention.

• Mental reassurance can significantly impact pain perception and recovery

Dani Dlouhy is our guest today, and she is an Everyday Ultra Ultrarunning Coach, a UESCA Certified Ultrarunning coach, and a Physical Therapist

This is a PACKED episode where we cover multiple topics! And these are topics specific to what I'm going through right now as I taper into the Arizona Monster 300 miler next week.

In this episode, I'll share the science, application, and how-to's for many training items. But also, will share exactly what I am doing as well. We'll cover:

• How to heat train the RIGHT way for a hot race
• How to best structure a taper so you don't lose gains, but also feel race ready
• Powerful questions to ask yourself to get your mind ready for a big race
• How to plan out your nutrition and hydration plan for a given race
• And much more!

Hope you enjoy this new format and thank you for listening!

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Have you ever wanted to have the best training block ever and feel ready at the start line of your race? Do you have what it takes?

Of course you do! And one of the main things you need in order to have the best training block is to define what YOU want to become in the process. What is it going to take for you to get that goal that you want to achieve?

Listen in on this episode to hear the rest of what you can do to have the best training block EVER!

This is a recording from our group coaching call I did with my athletes on the Everyday Ultra Team - Enjoy!

Recovery is one of the most important things to prioritize when it comes to training for an ultramarathon.

But how do you do recovery in the right way, and in the way that is going to give you the biggest benefit for the time you put into it?

In this episode, we cover the best recovery practices backed by science and research to help you recover quicker, avoid soreness, avoid injury, and train better.

What we cover:

• The not so well known reasons why recovery is just important as training
• How to assess if you need MORE recovery in your training
• What recovery protocols should you avoid
• What recovery protocols you should prioritize
• The best bang for your buck and time recovery modalities
• And more!

Thank you so much for listening to the show!

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In this episode, I recap the past month of Arizona Monster 300 miler training! We go over:

• What the peak volume portion of training is looking like
• How to create a training camp, and how our AZ 300 training camp went
• How to become durable so your muscles break down less in ultras
• How to deal with race day pressure
• How to handle peak volume weeks in your life to avoid stress and get everything in
• How to improve your aerobic conditioning
• Ways to mentally become stronger than your negative thoughts
• And much more!

Thank you all for listening to the podcast!

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