How To Train & Race While On Your Period With Emma Pallant-Browne

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Күн бұрын

Your period may make you feel uncomfortable about training or racing. Cramps, feeling tired, and managing bleeding all add up to make a period on race day something to dread. However, unless you’re on the pill, they are a part of life we ladies can’t control. So we talk to pro triathlete Emma Pallant-Browne about how you can manage your period worries come race day.
0:00 - Intro
1:08 - Biology
1:49 - Pain management
2:41 - Diet
3:10 - Emma Pallant-Browne's advice
6:46 - Managing flow
7:30 - Race day
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@gtn 11 ай бұрын

What are your period hacks and tips? 🌹

@OGWNF 11 ай бұрын

My partner is trying to get into triathlon and suffers badly. There aren't enough of these kinds of videos out there and its helpful for being supportive to her. Thanks GTN!

@paulamiller4994 11 ай бұрын

I’m an older age grouper and no longer deal with this issue, but when I did, it simply wasn’t discussed. Thanks so much for addressing this important topic and taking away the shame.

@gtn 11 ай бұрын

No shame here! We are happy to talk about the important subjects, Anything you think we should cover in the future?

@paulamiller4994 11 ай бұрын

@@gtn one issue my friends and I often differ on is peeing on the race course. Stopping vs not stopping. I pee at least 5 times during a race so I would lose a lot of time if I stopped. As my coach once told me…”let it fly!” 🙂 I think women often feel self conscious about this topic.

@acatonasnowboard21 11 ай бұрын

absolutely love Emma's response to the dude who said to pick a different photo or crop it. And I love how she said train through it so you can figure out how to adapt, periods shouldn't hold us back especially on race day. Emma's a legend and so's Heather for making a video on this!

@gtn 11 ай бұрын

THIS! Emma is a legend 🙌 It's an important topic, what other subjects should we cover in the future?

@jimjamthebananaman1 11 ай бұрын

@@gtnwould be cool to see more stuff on what all the GTN presenters eat in a day including when they’re training for a big race vs just casual day to day training. Even an insight in to their daily training for big races or again just casual day to day training. Those kind of videos tend to get most views 😋

@Nayz13 11 ай бұрын

Agreed! I’ve seen the photo and the guy needed to zoom in to notice it in the first place 🙄. I think the thing to address is perhaps the colour bottoms that women are required to wear for racing? Light pink is a thoughtless colour for the bottom. Mensural cups are the best! I’ll never go back to tampons

@J-sy5cu 10 ай бұрын

@@Nayz13 Just about everything is awful, cups are the worst. Unless you’re dead in the cooter, I have no idea how anyone can stand having it inside them 😬.

@Nayz13 9 ай бұрын

@@J-sy5cu Ih I’m the opposite, cups are so much better than all of the alternatives!

@kimfraser-rybinski9554 11 ай бұрын

Great episode. I remember years ago girls would get notes from their mothers to excuse them from PE at school. Not my mother;) she’d say you’re going to have your period for at least the next thirty years. You can’t sit out of life for five days every month. I’m glad we’ve come such a long way. Fifty percent of the population will deal with this throughout their lives. It’s time to loud and proud about our periods.

@heatherfell_oly 11 ай бұрын

Let's get the conversation normalised, thanks for your support.

@meganparr6253 11 ай бұрын

I got my period 30km into the bike of an Ironman and with endometriosis this was possibly worst case scenario unfolding. Pain relief is good to talk about but for super long distance things like ibuprofen should be avoided due to stressing the kidneys. My lesson learnt - don’t run the marathon in bike shorts hoping to use the chamois as a sort of pad. The chaffing is unreal. Do not recommend! I feel I can talk to this topic forever managing endo with training and racing!!

@heatherfell_oly 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing and talking about this topic.

@lawathlete 11 ай бұрын

For a 70.3, the best option is the full volume moon cup. It is unreal! it never slips and you don't have to take it out for 8 hours. I have to admit, it is quite heartening to hear this from a big channel like GTN. This kind of stuff happens way more frequently than people let on. I recently finished a 10km and it was my other half who told me to come over really quick to him to tell me I was bleeding- I had no idea and there was photographers around. I nearly lost my life. I was in front of colleagues and friends and just wanted the ground to open. Especially if you are pushing hard on the run, you are increasing the muscle use around that area and that may cause your menstrual products to slip and leak. Just something I learned. Anyway, we soldier on and lead the way for younger girls coming into sport. Thanks GTN!

@heatherfell_oly 11 ай бұрын

Well done to you too, and thanks for the tips.

@ej7156 11 ай бұрын

So great to see you covering this topic. Well done GTN!

@shil1942 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for making this video! Would love to see content on training during pregnancy and returning to training/racing after childbirth. 🤰

@heatherfell_oly 11 ай бұрын

It's a topic we are certainly keen to cover, thanks for the suggestion.

@kmetz878 11 ай бұрын

It can be really tough, depending on the person and the pregnancy. I could barely walk for the last 3-4 months of my pregnancy(and first month of motherhood) because of pelvic pain. Strangely, I was fine with biking longer than I was with walking - I just rode a hybrid so my belly wouldn't get in the way.

@thetroublewithmavis618 11 ай бұрын

I don't know how many people this would be true for but I've found that when I get cramps when running (which I tend to in the week leading up to my period as well) if I stop and stand or crouch for a few minutes and wait for the pain to completely go, I can then run again without them coming back. I used to just go home when this happened but after discovering this it's just a small interruption and then I can continue. And yes, this has happened in a race. It cost me three and a half minutes of crouching at the edge of the course and being asked if I was alright by everyone who passed but I was able to run normally afterwards and complete the race.

@heatherfell_oly 11 ай бұрын

Well done on fighting through and getting to the finish line!

@thetroublewithmavis618 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, means a lot! @@heatherfell_oly

@blrun129 11 ай бұрын

Fantastic that GTN is covering this topic

@Xflosiv 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Emma! I am so impressed with your approach and showing how we all go through something similar as women. I suffer with bad bloating and period pains that make me want to bend over all day while bleeding heavily. I also have a short cycle so it messed up my training last year taking so many days off. This year I ran through it and took OTC meds to manage pain and was able to finish my first Comrades marathon at 40. I really admire professionals who have to deal with this year after year, triathletes in particular since there's the swim element in the mix. Big ups to Emma and GTN, I'm an even bigger fan now!

@heatherfell_oly 11 ай бұрын

Amazing on completing Comrades and getting through with your period pains too!

@ca6148 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for this important video!!

@filomenaepic 11 ай бұрын

Emma is the best! Such an awesome response to whatever people say! Great video! Thank you GTN!

@jaynolay 11 ай бұрын

I’m doing my first Triathlon next month and I was thinking about this very topic! Thank you so much for covering this 😊

@blufaerie 11 ай бұрын

I really appreciate this video. I swim for fitness, and this was a great topic.

@peachxblue 11 ай бұрын

Great video! Love Emma’s POV and openness sharing about the reality being a female athlete. I recently did my first 10km swim during my period, & was most concerned about a shark coming at me smelling the blood. Fortunately, all was well 😅I wore a tampon for this event , but I generally don’t wear tampons for fear of toxic shock syndrome - I usually only wear for the duration of swim practice (1-3 hours), then switch to pads for the rest of my day. So in an IM, I probably would just wear during the swim portion, then switch to pad if possible. 🤷‍♀️Haven’t had this situation arise yet.

@horsiesarepretty 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for making this video! Personally I’ve found that the menstrual cup is really great for tris because even if you do have to stop and empty it you won’t have to use up precious pocket space (potential snack space) for used/unused tampons.

@heatherfell_oly 11 ай бұрын

That is true, let's hope more women try this.

@VanjeAv 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for this video!

@favouritemoon4133 9 ай бұрын

As an 11-year-old and I happened to be about a head taller than most of my peers. This gave me a significant advantage in sports. In the middle of a Cross Country race, I started my first ever period. This was in the UK in the mid-1970s and everyone wore 'short' shorts back then. I sensed something, then I sensed a lot MORE of 'something'. I ran faster. I have to add, that 'Cross Country' was over a few acres of school fields, up and down steep banks with a few trees at the top of those banks. It was all school grounds [the school was then called St Paul's, and it was on Granville Rd in Sheffield]. I ran as fast as I could with the aim of getting back to the changing rooms, and for the first and last time in my life, I won a race. I didn't tell ANYONE [not teachers, friends, sisters, let alone my parents...none of whom had told me anything about periods] what was going on with me that day. What I did was stuff some Loo Roll into my knickers. The next day I stole some sanitary towels from Debenhams. I am so, so glad that most girls these days won't experience anything like I did.

@iuliiapasko5240 10 ай бұрын

This is such a helpful content. Always was wondering how swimmers deal with it. So true about the fact that period can start earlier because of being anxious about the upcoming race. Once I went to another country for a race and the period began earlier, I didn't take the hygiene products I normally use and those that I could find were quite different from mine. So, that's how I got some additional stress before the run

@mayadethabrew-hutton4342 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for this video. Not enough women on running channels, too many men explaining how to achieve the the best race times etc but they can't advise on anything like this so thank you for this video ....we need more women's running/sports channels on youtube

@rosspartridge8941 11 ай бұрын

Well done guys.

@anna777-h7x 9 күн бұрын

Thank you sooo much 🥹🙏🏻🫶🏻🌺

@dijanavolkmer8002 11 ай бұрын

Finally.... nobody talks about this! Thank you :)

@purefunfit7312 11 ай бұрын

I do have heavy legs, less power, lower back pain and belly crumps in first 2 days. I try to concentrate on anti-inflammatory foods, I love sour cherry juice!

@iancalland5934 11 ай бұрын

Brilliant well done Emma for not editing and being real ❤

@seandunrod969 9 ай бұрын

It’s a gorgeous piece of machine. It’s to die for if you ask me. Coming in from island of Antigua. 👌🏽🚴🏽

@delaunayish 11 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, I have a very long and extreme period (think of changing your tampon every half an hour over a couple of days) and taking the pill is not an option. So I basically don't train during those days and if I'm having a race there's free floading because of the unbearable chafing from tampons and cups. In the end it's just easier to wash the bike than the changing and chafing. But this is such an important topic and I hope that it won't just be a topic at the moment but for the next years!

@heatherfell_oly 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing and helping to normalise period issues.

@cathnz9726 11 ай бұрын

Please get assessed for fibroids! That flow sounds terrible and what mine was like before I had fibroids removed!

@delaunayish 11 ай бұрын

@@cathnz9726 Thank you! I'm now quite a regular at my doctor's office (healthcare is included here in Austria, so fortunately free) and we are figuring it out. We changed some things and as far as the ultrasound shows I don't have any cysts and such, so that's good. In the meantime, fortunately it changed to light flow but constant so that I'm now on day 36 (or period 2, day 8 - depends on how you wanna count). My next appointment is in the next couple of days and then we will see further. But it was a real delight having my two big bike races in this period - hahaha. Atleast my mood is starting to get better. Hopefully we figure it out soon!🙃🥰

@ratnakordosshu6291 11 ай бұрын

This is extremely helpful video. I always wear my blue or brown color bottom on my 1st two days of period time on training. Because licking actually pretty common. And now it is rainy season in my country, so in rain actually it is quite strange situation!!! You know what I mean! But I am just honest. 1st two days of period actually effect my training and race. I get the wrost back pain. So in training I just do slow slow run. Not doing intense training. And in cycling I actually wear sanitary nepkin. Which give me comfort. By the way , I watch a video , tampon actually something dangerous for women!

@Natashaoutdoors 11 ай бұрын

What a great video!! Thanks for making this. I use topical CBD cream on my lower back and lower stomach during my period and training. My period makes me nauseous so instead of gels ill opt for ginger candy chews.

@heatherfell_oly 11 ай бұрын

A nice tip, thanks.

@user-vu9gd8ed1h 3 ай бұрын

I have to change my tampon, cup, etc nearly every 45 minutes on my heaviest day, I don’t know how I would run in any race during my cycle

@nadeemgujjar6319 8 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤

@chrisstrider 11 ай бұрын

❤

@d0b0b 11 ай бұрын

Disappointing that the comment to the picture came from a fellow triathlete and coach. It only highlighted his irrelevance and attitudes changing for the better, well done Emma.

@kanttouchthis3716 10 ай бұрын

Don’t worry yourself . By God’s grace he will have daughters then her will learn . The twat