How to Actually Recover Better as an Ultrarunner | ft. Jordan Battaglia
4/23/20261 hr 6 min
Recovery is one of the biggest performance tools ultrarunners overlook.
In this episode, I sit down with my good friend Jordan Battaglia — co-founder and CEO of PlayOn — to talk about what recovery really looks like for endurance athletes. We get into the stuff that actually matters if you want to train hard, stay healthy, and perform at your best.
Jordan shares lessons from his own injury experience, what most runners get wrong about recovery, and why things like sleep, nervous system regulation, warm-ups, strength training, and stress management matter way more than most people realize. We also get into why ibuprofen can be a dangerous trap for runners, simple recovery habits that actually move the needle, and some of the upgrades PlayOn has made to the product.
This is a super practical episode with a ton of stuff you can apply right away.
In this episode, we talk about:
- Why sleep is still the gold standard of recovery
- The nervous system piece most runners ignore
- What a proper warm-up should actually look like
- Why strength training helps ultrarunners stay healthy longer
- Foam rolling, massage guns, and soft tissue work
- The role of stress in injury, fatigue, and poor performance
- Why ibuprofen can be risky in training and racing
- Simple recovery habits that are free or low-cost
If you want to recover better, train more consistently, and stay in the game longer, this one is for you.
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First 90 secondsJoe Corcione· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Welcome to the Everyday Ultra Podcast, a show designed to help you level up your training, crush your races, and ultimately become a better endurance athlete every single day. Whether you're an endurance athlete as a hobby or someone who wants to be the best in the sport, this is the show for you. I'm your host, Joe Corsione, and thank you so much for listening. Now, let's get into it. [upbeat music] Before we dive into the episode, I need to talk about one thing that's all on our minds, which is shoes, right? The shoes that you pick for ultramarathons are super important, and I've ran in nearly every brand that produces a shoe for trail running out there. And let me tell you this, I've recently tried a type of shoe that is the best shoe for ultramarathons that I've ever worn, specifically because this company designed shoes for ultramarathons, while most companies design shoes for shorter races or distances that don't cover up to that 100-mile or 200-mile distance that can really, really be comfortable, resilient, durable, and one that fits the needs of ultramarathons, and this company is Mount to Coast. Mount to Coast makes shoes specifically for ultrarunners on road, trail, or even hybrid shoes that work good on the road and the trail at the same time. My favorite shoe of all time is the Mount to Coast H1, which is absolutely amazing on trails that are runnable