Running while Catholic

I am Catholic and I run! A 51 year old husband and father working to get faster and fitter. 🙏🏃🏋️

[Running while Catholic @CatholicRunners]

“ I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith”

-2 Timothy 4:7

[Running while Catholic @CatholicRunners]

For those who are so inclined, your prayers for my family would be greatly appreciated.

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@HolmerNoah A high VO2 max is a curse. People just start looking at you funny and it becomes hard to go out in public.

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@MelindaHoward4 Yep! Still always good to get out there!

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Thursday is my slowest and absolutely most difficult run of the week 😩.

Slow achy recovery after Wednesday’s AM track workout, easy biking, and PM weights and sauna.

[Running while Catholic @CatholicRunners]

@willis_training Yeah I waffle on how much it helps as well. Mental training if nothing else I guess 🥴

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@Scgatchell …and now just slow and steady recovery until the Saturday workout, so that we can start all over again 🤣

[Tom Coughlin @tecoughlin]

Tart cherry may enhance muscle adaptations to exercise 🍒

This new study investigated the effects of tart cherry supplementation on recovery from exercise-induced muscle damage 🔍

Participants either consumed…

1️⃣ Tart cherry (high-dose)
2️⃣ Tart cherry (low-dose)
3️⃣ Placebo

…for 7-days prior to muscle damage.

Muscle biopsies were taken to analyse effects on the musculoskeletal system

Here is what they found ⬇️

🩸 Compared to placebo, tart cherry juice led to significantly enhanced plasma phenolic acid concentrations

🧬 Plus significant changes in skeletal muscle expression of both structural and contractile proteins

❌ Functional recovery (muscle strength) was not improved in this study

These findings may indicate a protective effect in skeletal muscle with loading tart cherry prior to exercise 🍒🛡️

During periods of intense activity or in the lead up to excessive strain (e.g. ultramarathons) tart cherry could be a valuable strategy ✅

Reference:

https://t.co/9zhN1x4ppL

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[Running while Catholic @CatholicRunners]

@CatholicCoachP Sorry for your loss. Prayers for you and your family.

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@halfmiler1991 @Predamame 🤣haha, 800m specialist! I’m still cool with the 800 though 😂

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Today was supposed to be a two mile time trial. I’d didn’t sleep well and felt terrible after the first mile so pivoted to some 400s with 50sec rest, 81,78,78,77,79,78,77,71 👍

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@PrayTheRosary24 🙏🙏🙏🫡

[Nuns Holding Things @NunsHolding]

A Religious Sister of the Marian Sisters of Santa Rosa in California embroidering a periodic table of elements. Photo from the Sisters' Facebook page at https://t.co/RXQdi4Twjr.

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@homegymcoop Better than the freak athlete one? 👀

[EMILY SUNDBERG @Emily_Sundberg]

Why does everyone workout so much

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@Brady_H No it’s 7 minute Abs!

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EZ 7

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@PrayTheRosary24 @krispykreme I’m gonna need some recovery time 😂