I fell into ultrarunning – literally. In the ’90s I fell down some steps at work and tore the ACL in my knee. My orthopedist said I was “too old” (40s!) to harvest my own hamstring to repair it with and would use an allo...
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Just as your training sometimes gets sluggish, sometimes your fueling does too. Luckily, lots of new options are available in the sports nutrition market—as well as new and updated nutrition theories. Gels, chews, bar...
If you can run 100 miles by eating a gel every 30 minutes from the start, then for heaven’s sake, go do something more fun than reading this article! I’ve been a runner since I was 22—when pacing my friend at Western Sta...
We have become a society of carb burners. That is where sports nutrition has been for the past couple of decades. Of the two main food sources the body uses for energy, carbohydrates and fats, our working muscles would prefer carbs because they create ATP (energy) faster. They are “easier” to convert into energy.
We have become a society of carb burners. That is where sports nutrition has been for the past couple of decades. Of the two main food sources the body uses for energy, carbohydrates and fats, our working muscles would p...
The problem – ultrarunning is a lot of work! Energy outlay must be compensated for with energy intake (calories) for ongoing training to be possible and successful. This is the reason the diet of most endurance athle...
If you’ve ever been to my house for dinner, you will soon come to understand that I am a nutritionist and not a chef. My meal planning consists of 1.0…
Why, exactly, do we as ultramarathoners need to drink so much fluid? What is so magical about being hydrated? If you think about it, the result of the human body running and running and running boils down to one thing – heat production.
When fiber is mentioned in conversation, there is usually a pause – then everyone has an opinion. We know that fiber is healthy; after all, fiber decreases transit time through…
For those of you who are totally lean, terrific fat burners and never have any GI issues, stop reading this article. But for those of you who want to become, in the words of former fitness expert Covert Bailey, a “better-butter-burner,” read on.
Food for Thought – Ultrarunning requires some mental stamina and the question, “Can we feed the mind with any special nutrition?” seems intriguing. Certainly lack of food can produce some pretty…