feeling weak, hungry and craving more carbs. This is not an ideal situation when you're halfway through a 40K cycle."The primary source of energy for an athlete is carbohydrate, because it's the easiest fuel for the human body," explains nutritionist
study on pre-race eating showed that athletes performed better if they ate 4 hours before exercise. ‘We can safely say that if you have a carbohydrate feeding 3 to 4 hours before a marathon, you can enhance performance,’ summarizes Dr Sherman.Q: How much
the national long-distance triathlon championships, and decided to take three months unpaid leave from work so that I could train full-time. I ended up finishing tenth. I had a terrible race, and was exhausted from beginning to end. I had overdone my training
.The problem: You burn fat instead of carbsAs an endurance athlete, you rely heavily on your body's stores of carbohydrate to fuel training and racing. But many training techniques focus on ways to increase the body's fat-burning potential because we have so
in longer races throughout the year. More practically, it offers something for everyone. It is long enough and testing enough to tempt an elite competitor, and yet within the endurance range of the novice athlete looking for their first racing experience
Standfirst: Author: Bruce TullohPics:Issue date: racing secrets bookletKeywords:--This band covers serious athletes. The schedule will take you up to over 50 miles a week, which is about as much training as is compatible with a lifestyle
.tallinnmarathon.ee, www.marathon.eeThey train their athletes from a young age in SloveniaSloveniaThere has been a growing tradition of mountain races in Slovenia in recent years, opening up some spectacular countryside to the running tourist. Events range from hilly 10Ks
that defeat the toughest of athletes. Split the difference Running a negative split, as Kastor chose to in Athens, is one of the most popular pacing strategies in racing. It simply means that you run the second half of the race faster than the first, which
before the race so that you can get it right on the day." Mick Woods, GB athlete coachRun off-road pyramids "Beating your PB requires pure leg speed as well as endurance. You use more muscles running off-road, which teaches your body how to deal
national marathon coach, he now works as a mentor for England Athletics.Bud joined us to mark the start of our Half-Marathon Newsletter, powered by ASICS. Our weekly half-marathon newsletter provides schedules and training advice to get you race ready
