Competing Safely in Endurance Events

Dr Amy Boalch joins the podcast this week to talk about safe participation in endurance events and common problems seen by event medical staff. Amy is the project lead for the race ready app, a medical doctor and currently undertaking her masters in medical education. She shares best practice advice for how to hydrate and manage pain in endurance events as well as some mistakes she sees in athletes preparing for races.    (00:00) Introduction (01:00) Topical news for the Episode  (03:50) Interview Starts (06:07) How did Amy End up Studying Medicine (07:00) Career Choices at a Young Age  (09:30) How did Amy Start Running?  (11:29) What Problems Come to Medical Tents Most Commonly at Mass Participation Sporting Events?   (13:44) Risk vs Consequence  (14:19) Chafing  (15:52) The Stages of Heat Illness and What is the Treatment for Severe Cases (22:55) What are the Warning Signs of Heat Illness?  (27:05) How Much Should You Drink in Endurance Events?  (29:05) Drinking to Thirst (32:15) How do we get low Sodium in Endurance Events?  (38:33) Pain Management for Endurance Events (43:34) What are Mistakes That Amy is Seeing in Preparation for Endurance Events?   (46:26) How did the Race Ready App Start? (48:40) How does the App Work?   (52:50) Who’s on the Race Ready App Team?  (54:50) What’s Coming to the Race Ready App?  (57:28) September 1% Better Challenge (58:17) What We’ll Be Watching  Thanks to Precision Fuel and Hydration for their sponsorship, use the link below to get 15% off your first order and support the podcast:  https://visit.pfandh.com/theonepercentbetterpodcast If you’re unsure how which products to use or how to plan your race nutrition check out Precision’s Fuel & Hydration Planner (if you follow this you will have your discount applied automatically on your first order too):  https://visit.pfandh.com/onepercentfuelplanner Links to Amy: Instagram @marathonmedic Website  www.marathonmedic.com Links to the Race Read App Instagram: @racereadyapp  Website:  raceready.run   Submit topics, feedback or questions to us on Instagram via DM or to the email address: [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onepercentbetterpod?igsh=MW1tcGM4MHQ4bm5oaw==  Royalty Free Music from Tunetank.com Track: Trendy Style by PillowVibes https://tunetank.com/track/1027-trendy-style/