You’ve heard that you need to fuel your runs but when? How much? What do you fuel with? These questions plus more are going to be what we answer today. Our body only has a finite amount of carbohydrates stored within the body in the form of glycogen. Although the body has enough fat to […]

One of the questions I see or get asked all the time as a nutrition coach is what you should eat before a run. When we go for a run our body relies on the stored glycogen within our muscles and liver to provide the energy we need. Without this stored energy our bodies would […]

So you’ve been running and eating all the ‘right’ foods but still aren’t losing weight? I understand—you’re frustrated, annoyed, and thinking about giving up. There will be a reason you aren’t losing weight, lets run through some things to try and figure out why. We’re going to explore 10 of the top reasons I see […]

With the autumn marathon season upon us, it is time to think about race week nutrition. If you have been training for a marathon or any endurance event you have probably heard people talking about carbohydrates and carbohydrate loading or carb loading for short. But what is carb loading? How do you do it? Does […]

The 2024 Chicago Marathon is now less than 1 month away, it’s time for your final preparations. You’re probably coming up to your final long run before entering the tapering phase of your training. But failing to prepare your fuelling strategy for the day is failing to prepare for the race. Hitting the wall although […]