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TRAIL NOTES · CYCLE & HORMONES

Cycle & Hormones.

Train with your hormones, not against them. Your cycle, energy availability, heart rate and the signals worth reading, in plain language you can actually use. For training through perimenopause and menopause specifically, head to our dedicated notes.

Racing on Your Period

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Racing on Your Period

What changes, what does not, and how to race it well.

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Eat Enough: Energy Availability for Female Runners

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Eat Enough: Energy Availability for Female Runners

Why many active women are under-fuelled, not under-trained.

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What Your Heart Rate Is Actually Telling You

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What Your Heart Rate Is Actually Telling You

Read effort and recovery properly, hormones and all.

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Oestrogen and Your Joints

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Oestrogen and Your Joints

Stiffer knees and hips in your forties may be hormonal, not just the mileage.

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Running Through Perimenopause

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Running Through Perimenopause: How to Train, Fuel and Recover

Evidence-informed guidance on training, strength, fuelling and recovery through perimenopause without giving up meaningful goals.

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Your Cycle Is Data, Not a Training Calendar

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Your Cycle Is Data, Not a Training Calendar

Track energy and effort across your cycle instead of guessing at ‘off’ days.

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Hormonal Contraception and the Athlete Inside It

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Hormonal Contraception and the Athlete Inside It.

What hormonal contraception does, and does not, change about how you train and race.

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Sleep, Hormones and Athletic Performance in Women

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Sleep, Hormones and Athletic Performance in Women

Why sleep debt hits female physiology harder, and how to protect it through a training block.

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You are Not Declining. You are Adapting.

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You are Not Declining. You are Adapting.

Menopause changes the terrain. It does not mean your best running is behind you.

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Running on Empty: Iron, Ferritin and Fatigue

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Running on Empty. Iron, Ferritin and the Fatigue That Does Not Budge.

The fatigue that rest alone will not fix, and what to check before you push through it.

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Strong Bones for the Long Run: A Guide for Female Trail Runners

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Strong Bones for the Long Run: A Guide for Female Trail Runners

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Fuelling Through Your Cycle and Menopause

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Fuelling Through Your Cycle and Menopause

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Perimenopause Is Your Second Puberty

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Perimenopause Is Your Second Puberty

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Running Hotter. Heat, Hydration and Your Hormones.

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Running Hotter. Heat, Hydration and Your Hormones.

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Women, Hormones and the Ultra Long Run

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Women, Hormones and the Ultra Long Run

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Stronger Does Not Mean More: The Recovery Dose Women Need in Perimenopause

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Stronger Does Not Mean More: The Recovery Dose Women Need in Perimenopause

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