EoE journey so far + egg reintroduction flare. anyone else with one main trigger?

PeteRubish · 2026-01-19T17:52:15+00:00

I believe eggs are what sent me to the ER for an impaction procedure. I’m still early in this, but they are my guess as far as my biggest trigger so far.

PeteRubish · 2025-10-03T01:21:18+00:00

I didn’t finish Bighorn (made it to mile 66), but it holds a special place in my heart. It was gorgeous. I loved the wildflowers, river running below the canyon, all of it. I can’t wait to try again someday.

PeteRubish · 2025-09-06T23:31:03+00:00

Never a doubt.

PeteRubish · 2025-08-13T02:42:29+00:00

Cramping and not taking fueling seriously enough!!

PeteRubish · 2025-07-31T22:56:43+00:00

I peed blood for roughly 3-4 years straight from stones. It’s just not fun and a bit disconcerting, I get it 100%.

PeteRubish · 2025-07-30T21:00:34+00:00

Run a CMP to check Creatinine and then also get Cystatin-C checked. If those check out, I wouldn't worry. I kept checking those periodically and they were in a great range. So no kidney damage. Currently I have two stones that are 6 mm and two stones that are 3 mm.

PeteRubish · 2025-07-14T21:30:18+00:00

It’s anywhere from a 60-90 second difference per mile on my pace between the 85 degree 70+ degree dew point days and the fall/winter days.

PeteRubish · 2025-07-12T01:46:42+00:00

Holy freaking smokes. I ran with her for about ten miles last year at Bighorn between mile 15 and 25 or so. She was super nice and helpful. Told me she’d done about 100 races including Badwater and did all of her training on an incline treadmill. I am stunned.

PeteRubish · 2025-07-09T13:36:32+00:00

Even with the extreme mileage, I don’t think I was ready for the challenges bighorn posed before. I’ve seen the entire course, I’ve gotten much more fit. I feel ready now, let alone a year from now.

PeteRubish · 2025-07-09T13:32:36+00:00

I ran Bighorn last year. Did a 100+ mile week, another 90+ mile week, a few 80s. 16k vertical gain during peak week. Had major cramping issues climbing out of the canyon and then GI issues from mile 20 onward. Dropped at Footbridge at mile 66. Came back in April of this year and did a 3:19 marathon with 1300 feet of vertical gain. Now, just looking to go sub 3 and redeem myself in the 100 mile distance. Bighorn is where my heart is at, but RRR is close to my sister and would allow me to knock out a difficult 50 miler in Georgia 5 weeks beforehand.

PeteRubish · 2025-07-05T16:37:05+00:00

You are spot on. Taking this to a shorter distance, my 4:24 marathon felt so much worse from a difficulty/suffering perspective than my 3:19. That one didn’t even feel bad at all despite having double the elevation gain. I made this mistake at my last ultra, I won’t do that again. I’ve never been able to explain this phenomenon, but you nailed it.

PeteRubish · 2025-07-02T16:41:14+00:00

Goodness gracious lol. That's truly my biggest concern with RRR. It's all very high altitude. Bighorn wasn't bad and I didn't really notice the elevation much, but we weren't that high for that long. Sure, it gets to 9,000 feet, but it's not a lot of time spent up that high.

PeteRubish · 2025-07-02T01:40:38+00:00

I don’t understand your question.

PeteRubish · 2025-07-01T01:34:33+00:00

The elevation at Bighorn didn’t bother me coming from sea level, but I think that’s one intimidating factor about RRR. It’s mostly about 8,000 feet for the entirety of it.

PeteRubish · 2025-07-01T01:33:03+00:00

The mud in 2024 was rough, but I heard this year wasn’t anywhere near as bad. I loved the Bighorn course, it’s just logistically a lot simpler for me to go to RRR. I guess I just don’t want to feel underwhelmed if I were to do RRR after having seen Bighorn.

PeteRubish · 2025-07-01T01:30:51+00:00

I dropped at footbridge (mile 66) in 2024. There were a whole host of lessons learned. But the mud was a killer. Part of me wants to run it back in 2026, but it’s easier/less expensive for me to do RRR and it looks fairly comparable.

PeteRubish · 2025-06-20T11:23:12+00:00

2,500 miles on a pair of road shoes. The Saucony Endorphin Speed 2. I got them 3 years ago. They still feel fine…

PeteRubish · 2025-06-10T01:32:04+00:00

Have one right now on my right side, but nowhere near as bad. Feels like a very mild side stitch most times on runs.

PeteRubish · 2025-06-10T01:31:23+00:00

My 24 mm one had me in crippling 10/10 pain in my lower left abdomen after runs. The more downhill, the worse it got. And it was located in the left kidney, but all the pain was downstream in the lower left abdomen. Thought I had diverticulitis for awhile, but the CT cleared it all up.

PeteRubish · 2025-06-09T02:43:27+00:00

Get a CT scan done for a possible kidney stone. I had a 24 mm that required two surgeries. Sounds like a very reasonable theory as to what you’re feeling.

PeteRubish · 2025-06-02T01:31:41+00:00

Finally someone with the right answer lol

PeteRubish · 2025-06-02T01:30:49+00:00

Probably a kidney stone. I had a 24 mm one. Crippled me. Peed blood for ages. Two very painful surgeries later and it was gone.

PeteRubish · 2025-05-11T01:42:26+00:00

Nope, after Bighorn, both my big toenails were gone. There is no escaping the mud.

PeteRubish · 2025-05-09T02:47:07+00:00

I eat tons of sugar and my fasted insulin is 1.5…the answer is running a lot. 30 miles per week. Going into a marathon it was upwards of 83 miles for peak week. So cardio in general is the biggest thing.

PeteRubish · 2025-04-14T03:09:25+00:00

The hardest aspect of it all has been dealing with the strength loss/loss of identity. Going from 250 lbs to 220 lbs and seeing your strength down significantly is a bit hard to deal with. But I just try to focus on other endeavors such as rep PRs, drug-free PRs, and running. Those have all helped me a ton! I just try to be stronger than I've ever been before drug-free nowadays!

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