Excellent post about low carb running – highly recommended!
Recap In-Race Fueling Part 1:
- Racing Is Not Training – In a race the aim is to perform to your best, not to train for adaptations. Your fueling strategy should reflect this truism.
- Calculate your expected energy expenditure and have an idea of your personal fueling equation
- Prioritize replenishing glycogen and protein, your fat stores are already plentiful, and your ability fuel from fat is already predetermined by your day to day nutrition and training; endogenous fat consumption will do very little to change that during the course of a race.
- Use whatever in-race foods and supplements you find work for you!
Now I’ll delve a little further into race nutrition and write about what I typically use in long races. While I have basically said that “anything is fair game” when it comes to race fueling, I personally still try to stick to “real” foods as much…
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