Oh, everyone on the
Internet seems to think they are an armchair expert, and the topic of running is no
different.
Well, luckily for us, we've got a whole host of experts here on the running channel, including our resident
physio Manny.
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What we find this information can be absurd, too great.
And what we want to do today is we want a deep dive into that, tell you what you can throw in the bin
and want to keep.
So let's get to it.
Yeah, let's cut the bull and have a listen to some outrageous running advice.
Let's go.
So money.
He ready for some outrageous statements?
I'm ready.
I mean, I've seen some crazy stuff, so let's go.
Was so excited.
We don't know what's underneath there.
Pick a number between one and six.
Do you know what I really want?
Number six.
Let's have number six.
Number six is the biggest one.
This is like opening, and I think Okay, number six
run with long strides.
Run until you vomit.
But do not run if you're a girl.
I mean, what where do we even start?
We don't start anywhere.
We just It's just all a mess.
It's an absolute mess, running with long strides.
I mean, your stride length and your stride time.
It's all about you and you have a natural stride length and time.
So, yeah, let's this stride length long.
Ignore that.
Definitely ignore that.
Okay, well, I'm picking step by step first.
Got to break it up on the next one.
Run until you vomit.
Now, I can relate to this because when I used to do
parkour and every single Saturday morning, I would try and beat my PB and every single
time I would cross the line.
And you know how you have to queue up at the end to get your barcode.
I would.
I've never actually thrown up, but I would be like retching from there.
Is that good?
Well, do you still do that?
Now you go.
There's your answer, right?
Until you vomit doesn't make any sense.
Okay?
It's all about progressively improving your training as you go along.
Training harder sometimes, but also being able to to rest and recover.
Do you know why you feel like you want to vomit?
But it's just too much.
It's just too much your body is like Your body is like note,
but also you get a decrease in circulation in the areas that actually stop
any food from coming up.
So your body then relaxes the areas, the muscles in
your intestines and and at your stomach and the food starts actually
rise up.
And that's why you feel like you're gonna vomit.
Because actually, sometimes you haven't got the strength and the constriction
that to stop to stop the food from moving so it starts to move up instead of
down.
Let's go the wrong way.
So we don't want to do that.
Not every single time.
We're okay, that second one and don't run.
If you're a girl, I mean so should I stop?
Just not.
He's not seen you do your ultra whoever.
Whoever this person is, I'm presuming it might be he they have not seen.
Have you seen Sarah's Ultra?
By the way, If you haven't, you need to go watch it.
Listen, there are so many talented female runners,
so that's just a terrible one.
But hey, there we go.
There we go, right, my wild place picking up the number Number four.
Let's go.
Number four okay.
Distance runners land on their heels, trained by not
letting your toes touch the ground.
Don't I mean, don't let your toes touch the
ground.
So the only animal that I've seen do this Penguins Penguins,
babies, right?
They run on their heels, They run on there.
So we should all look like penguins.
Don't run very fast.
Do it that way.
Hey, Penguin.
In the Olympics, let's see what happens and let them decide.
Hey, listen, I think you should write to the I C with that suggestion.
But listen, I think this person has probably seen there's actually
a couple of articles, a couple of research papers that looked at where people
land when they were finishing a marathon.
And there was a large group, a large cohort of runners.
Majority of the runners actually like, landed more onto their mid
foot and rear foot.
So your heel mid foot and you're here, Okay.
And that's maybe where this person decided they're going to extrapolate
one slight observation, too.
Give this large piece of advice, but I don't think that's right.
Yeah, I mean, it's quite extreme going from Hell Striker to only run on your
heels.
Especially like I've got quite a Bigfoot.
That's quite a lot of foot to not touch the ground.
Yeah, this person's wrong.
So we need an expert.
We're right on to the next one.
Next number.
Let's go for number two, number two.
We're doing all the even numbers first I see your game, Okay.
Uh huh.
You don't need water on long runs.
I have no idea where this came from.
I can't even claim that.
I know there's an article or anything.
There's no I have no idea who's been thinking
about this one.
Listen, if you run, you will try and dissipate heat.
We will need to regulate our body temperature.
And we do that by sweating.
So when you sweat, you need to, you know, put what comes out
back in.
So yeah, I can't see that happening.
I cannot see you going for a long run without drinking water.
They just don't want it.
Just didn't water.
Not for me, not for me.
You don't need to know.
That's not medical advice.
Please drink water running down.
We're not taking responsibility.
If you don't drink water, drink water and no matter I'm getting, no matter what time of year, Because in the winter you're not gonna
be sweating as much.
But you still need water, right?
You don't sweat as much.
But you still need water.
Yeah, and obviously, if you put on more clothes because you're trying to stay warm, you
actually will increase your body temperature, you know?
So you will lose water and you need to drink.
Drink, drink, drink.
I don't want to be responsible.
Drink water.
Okay.
Next one.
Old numbers now.
But do let's go for number five, number five.
OK, number five.
Buying the latest gear will make you run faster.
I feel like this one was written by me.
It will it.
What do you think?
Do you think it will?
Well, I don't know.
Sometimes it has that kind of effect where, you know, let me go to my new shoes off I
go actually say there is some evidence.
Yeah, it's buying new things gives you
like So there's a sense of ownership of the sport or the
actual activity.
So if you are in a required attire, the
specific equipment you will take on that sport in a slightly more
serious way.
There's there's a there's a good article on it and I think, you know, we
can say that people, when they get their new stuff, they tend to go out and train a bit more, don't they?
It is exciting if you've got a new watch.
If you've got a new pair of shoes, If you've got maybe a new outfit that makes you feel cool, it's
quite nice to go out.
So you train a bit more.
So you actually do get a bit better.
Yeah, So it's all about kind of building that momentum.
And the science, I think, is there.
So if you do get new stuff you do, I believe you do get
better.
You do have to.
Yeah.
I mean, if you're trying to break a P B this year, don't sit on the sofa and just go
on and buy stuff.
You do have to run as well.
Yeah, sitting on the sofa and just your new stuff you get when you get
ready to go, to imagine that you're vapour flies your casinos
and you're just chilling there that way.
I've done that before, but that's just one Saturday
night next number number 33.
Okay, Number three is run the amount
of miles in a week equal to the distance of race.
You're planning to run, So running a marathon run 26.2 miles a week?
Yeah.
Um, speech.
I don't think that's a good idea.
I will say, I think from recollections,
some of the earliest marathon runners actually did this.
I really Yeah.
So they only walked.
So they walked with really heavy boots and ran only certain small
distances.
But they walked like miles and miles and miles will have to dig out some
information on that.
But basically a lot of early marathon runners did not run huge
distances.
They walk huge distances because there was an understanding that if you
run too much, you might give yourself a heart attack.
Wow, It is interesting, though, how time on feet can make a huge difference.
But when I was training for an ultra, my my running was ramping up.
But I was also just trying to walk as much as possible because you can only run
so much and the walking and being on your feet, it definitely
exposes your body to more forces.
it builds your resilience.
So, yeah, do you add in a few more walks?
Walks uphill downhill and we do.
You know, I do advocate.
Run, walk, run, walk When you're coming back from injury or when you're getting back
to full fitness, don't worry.
Be okay with the run walk.
Nice.
But you don't have to just run the distance that you're training for that one.
Maybe not so true.
Do that.
Yeah, on it to the last one.
Now number 11.
Let's go.
Oh, running will eat away at your muscles.
It's unhealthy.
Wow, Mike, drop.
Okay, so let's think about this really, really deeply.
So when you run, you expend more energy.
You know your calories will increase.
Now you have to obviously fuel for that.
Now, we're not in a desert.
We're not.
You know we're not.
We're not kind of stranded somewhere.
So what will happen is we generally generally will
refuel enough to combat the energy expenditure.
So if you go for a run, you might use 3 to 400 calories, and you
generally will.
You will actually put in what you've expended
or used.
What we do find is if if somebody sometimes
they're not having a balanced diet, they're not having enough calorie intake.
We can find that they will drop off in terms of weight and they will lose.
Um, they will definitely lose muscle mass.
And that's because the input is not equaling the output.
So running on its own does not do what this person has suggested does not
eat away at your muscles.
You just need to be sensible in terms of what you're doing.
And I think that what this person might be thinking is a lot of people when they start running,
having never done it before, might find that your body changes and you start to look different.
You might lose weight.
You might just change shape in general.
But that doesn't mean that your muscles are being eaten.
No.
Well, there is some outrageous advice.
We have even more outrageous advice that we're going to say for another instalment.
I can't wait.
Listen, I'm tired already.
It's been a long day.
I mean, stuff to get through.
Please help me.
Internet needs to help me.
Where are you getting this stuff from?
Please, If you see any other outrageous advice that you would like
us to react to.
Don't worry more is coming your way.
But there's always more out there, isn't there?
There is.
It's like flooding in every everywhere you look.
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