Shakes and smoothies are a runners best friend, for a couple reasons: One – Super Post-Run Awesomeness — Shakes are a fantastic way to deliver nutrients to your body after a long or hard run. They’re more appetizing to most than solid food (we tend to have suppressed appetites immediately following a run even though it’s actually a good time to …
Top 8 Pre-Run Snacks
(updated April 2018) I’ve talked in previous posts what you might want to consider eating for breakfast before you head out for a run… But what if you’re running middle of day or, more commonly, later in the day? Ideally you’re eating a carbohydrate rich snack that contains about 2-2.5 grams of carbohydrates per kg of bodyweight about 2-4 hours …
12 Snacks for Busy Runners
I’ve found runners to be driven, busy, type-A personalities who are constantly on the go. Sound like you? Me too. So as we dash from one thing to the next, ensuring we eat well on the fly is key to arriving at our workout properly fuelled. By fuelling ourselves properly, we know we’ll recover well from our last run and …