Race Day Fueling Starts Before Race Day
Race day gets a lot of attention. What are you eating for breakfast? How are you fueling during the race and when should you start? Have you been hydrating enough? Here’s the thing—race day nutrition doesn’t start when the alarm clock goes off, or even with your “carb loading” pasta dinner two nights before. By that point, dozens of nutrition decisions should already have been made. Your fueling plan should already be familiar In last month’s blog post “Fueling is a Skill”,
Long Run Fueling Isn't a Formula. It's a Skill.
When I started running, I couldn’t run for more than 0.1 mile at a time. We had a little lake near our house with a great walking path all the way around it, with markers every 0.1 mile. My dog, Jasmine, and I learned how to run by running a tenth, walking a tenth, and so forth. Before too long, we were running 0.2 mile and walking 0.1 mile. Eventually, we built all the way up to running a whole mile, and I vividly remember jumping up and down, cheering for the two of us when
Are You Overlooking a Crucial Part of Training for a Race?
After our 2nd half marathon in 2017 My husband and I are both runners. It’s not unusual for us to have a training plan hanging from our refrigerator, with workouts carefully crossed off as we complete them, strength sessions planned out, and yoga scheduled every Friday. We work diligently to complete every workout to the best of our ability. We pay attention to mileage, long runs, recovery weeks, and strength training. But there is another part of the training plan that runne