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Fuel On The Move
By Sean Fishpool on 25/06/2002 18:45:28
Refuelling on the run keeps your body topped up with energy. We test the options - from the best gels to Joosters and chocolate
, in normal conditions.) Energy drinks can meet both your fuel and fluid needs, but if you have access to water on your run (eg race drinks stations, or park water fountains), gels are more practical. Essentially, they’re concentrated drinks of about 100
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Fuel On The Move
By on 02/02/2010 14:18:23
Our experts pick out the best drinks, gels, sweets and bars for optimum long-distance fuelling
.”Contact: lucozadeshop.comDrinks | Gels | Bars | Sweets
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Fuel Your Fire (Preview)
By David Morton on 02/02/2010 16:10:44
The perfect nutrition strategy is the key to success in long-distance races. Here's a simple guide to keeping your tank topped up (non-subscriber preview)
and on a 10K most people will have finished before their body needs anything.Isotonic energy drinks and gels are very rapidly absorbed, as your body is understandably extremely keen to grab what it needs. Just don't wait for a telegram telling you quite how
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Topping Up The Tank
By Anita Bean on 02/02/2010 14:00:21
Keeping filled up on the run is great, but you’ve got to start with a full tank of gas. Sports nutritionist Anita Bean tells you how to fill up the right way
The Day BeforeYour goals for the day before your race are to top up your glycogen stores, stay well hydrated and avoid any pitfalls that may jeopardise your performance the next day. Graze Eat little and often throughout the day. Choose high-carbohydrate, low-fat, moderate-prote...
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RW Energy Bar Test
By Rob Spedding and Anita Bean on 22/06/2005 20:23:15
RW test 13 energy bars, including...
Boosting your energy on the run has never been easier. With countless gels, drinks, chewy sweets and even an energy soup on the market, you'll have no trouble finding something to keep you fuelled to the end of even the longest ultra. For many of us
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Behind The Bars
By Rob Spedding on 05/11/2003 16:17:37
When it comes to energy bars, you're spoilt for choice. Fear not, we've tasted and tested the 17 top contenders
in the energy bar section of your local health-food shop, supermarket or specialist running store.This choice of tempting flavours simply highlights that there is now a massive choice facing runners when they come to choose an energy bar. To make the decision a
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Race Nutrition Explained
By on 18/11/2009 13:44:17
With the right race-day nutrition you can avoid disaster and maximise performance
, for example, how to open an energy gel when you're tearing down the road at 25mph.Start the day well"I aim to eat and drink properly in the days leading up to the event and then have a big breakfast - usually cereal and bread and jam - about three to four
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Sweet Victory
By Ed Eyestone on 12/06/2003 14:20:21
A well-timed dose of sugar can help you run better
working muscles need to continue to get energy from the glucose in our blood. So its important to keep our blood-sugar level from dropping while we run.But how can you use the sugar in sports drinks and gels to help you perform your best? Like many things
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Fuel Your Fire
By David Morton on 02/02/2010 14:31:41
The perfect nutrition strategy is the key to success in long-distance races. Here's a simple guide to keeping your tank topped up
efficient as an energy source. That’s not to say that something sweet doesn’t have its nutritional and mental merits. “Eating Jelly Babies or jelly beans towards the end of a race will do everything a gel does, only a little slower, but will taste a lot
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Honey: The Facts
By Alice Palmer on 07/05/2010 15:38:40
Find out more about the nutritional and health benefits of this running superfuel - and try tasty new recipes
in runnier honey - high fructose honey can be similar in consistency to energy gels and easy to eat on the run.Fructose and glucose are equally pure and there is no difference in taste, carbohydrate content or nutritional value. However, there is a difference
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