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Hard Training Q&As: Nutrition
By Runner's World on 23/06/2004 17:42:38
From the forum: former London Marathon winner Mike Gratton on dedicated training
:45 in spring. how can I hit it in autumn?• Female, high-mileage: advice on getting from 3:26 to sub-3:15 marathonNUTRITION• What do elites drink in a marathon?• Nutrition: carbo-depletion/carbo-loadingMISC• Should I race a 5K and a half in the same week
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Carbs Glorious Carbs
By Alice Palmer on 19/04/2012 10:00:00
Discover the importance of carbohydrates - and get your fix with barely a pasta shape in sight - with a little help from these culinary tips and tricks
, which release energy more slowly, are perfect nutrition in between sessions. Fibre is also a vital ingredient in a runner's diet. Soluble fibre is found in beans, oats, rye and fruit and slows the digestion of carbohydrate, producing a slower rise
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No-Nonsense Nutrients
By Liz Applegate on 05/06/2002 19:32:37
When it comes to negotiating the nutritional minefield, there are just 10 essentials that will keep you running fit
supplement. If you’d rather not get your nutrition from a jar, the best food sources of vitamin E are almonds and wheatgerm. Fortified cereals are also a good choice.Zinc Zinc keeps your immune system healthy and makes wound healing and injury recovery
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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
of the bar, which in turn slows down the fuel as it heads to your blood stream. Ideally, an energy bar should contain less than 5g of fibre, 4g or less of fat and 10g or less of protein. (A couple of the bars tested here are really recovery – rather than
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Marathon nutrition Q&A with Ruth McKean
By on 04/03/2013 15:07:48
Catch up with the highlights of our recent marathon nutrition Q&A with nutritionist Ruth McKean.
over 2 hours!Good day to day nutrition will also make a big different on race day as good recovery and good overall nutrition can help you adapt to the training you do. Q11) Some athletes... notably Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, have famously moved
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Overtraining: Spot the Signs
By Alice Palmer on 29/03/2010 12:33:51
Discover the mysterious syndrome that could hit your training hard - and how to defeat it
known, is a persistent, unexplained dip in performance that continues even after you've had what you think is sufficient rest. The term 'overtraining' is, in truth, a little misleading - it's actually ineffective recovery and outside stresses that make
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All you can eat
By on 01/06/2012 12:17:51
Eating right is as important as training well. So we will give you all the nutritional tools you could ever need to eat the right foods in the correct amounts – in training, on race day and whenever you’re peckish
but your tanks are empty. Your training was spot-on and your race was going well so what happened? Your nutrition strategy was wrong, that’s what, and now your body is making you pay. It has happened to the best, but the best learn from their mistakes. It
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Lucozade Sport Super Six: Andy (sub-4:00)
By on 17/12/2009 17:22:00
Follow the progress of Andy (aka AndyV) live in the forums as he prepares to run a sub-4:00 marathon under the guidance of mentor Steve Smythe
will break 3:30. He has been a great host to the sub-4 thread and was an excellent person to coach - with the exception of the injuries! Gareth says: Andy openly admitted he was a nutritional novice when he started back in January but he was willing to give
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Season's Eatings
By Courtney Johnson on 09/12/2010 12:41:54
With fewer races and training sessions reduced by wintry weather, the off-season can pose a nutritional challenge
to be long periods between meals."RecoveryYou will probably gain a little weight no matter how careful you are, and nutritionists say that's fine and perhaps even beneficial in the long run. "The combination of winter and the off-season represents a threat
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Running Made Simple: Racing and Speedwork
By Mark Remy on 18/05/2005 12:39:40
A third short cluster of tips on how to keep your running a refuge from life's complexity... and maybe even run better in the process
, and so on. Start with four to six reps, and work up to 10 by about two weeks before your goal marathon. Listen to your bodyHow much recovery time should you give yourself between reps in a speed session? Ask three coaches and they'll give you three
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