If you’ve ever been at Mile 9 or 10 of a half-marathon and felt like someone suddenly poured concrete into your leggings, you’ve met “The Wall.” In the running world, we’re told the wall is a marathon problem. We’re told it’s something that happens at Mile 20. But I’m here to tell you the honest […]

There is a common misconception in the running world that I used to believe myself: You don’t need to fuel for a half-marathon. I used to think that fuelling was a “marathon-only” problem and that for 13.1 miles, you could just tough it out. Due to that thinking, I entered my half-marathon without a fuelling […]

When to take gels while running is one of the most common questions I get as a nutritionist for runners. There is so much confusion around fuelling your runs. When to take gels, if you should take gels, when you actually need them—there are just so many questions. Generally, you will have heard the “rules”: […]

Knowing what to eat and how to fuel your body during marathon training can be so difficult. There is so much information out there, eat carbs, don’t eat carbs, you need x amount of protein, you can fuel with just fat balls. And let’s not forget the conflicting messages around weight and body composition, with […]

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 […]