What to Eat from 3 Weeks to 30 minutes Before Your Race Everyone that has been training hard for months before a race has some of the same worries. At the top of that list: FOOD! In the last three weeks before your race, don’t change your diet drastically. You may feel an excessive hunger …
The Importance of Post-Race Recovery So, you’ve just finished your recent marathon or half marathon! Congratulations!! All of that hard work paid off and you finished. Now, on to the tough work that people love, but don’t always perform well: recovery. The first few minutes after a race are very important for overall recovery, but …
You asked! I answer: 1. Um, the bathroom thing. Basically, in a long run, all that jostling of the body takes its toll on the intestines. Is that the gel packs they hand out during the race doing that? Or is it the running and bouncing up and down? Any good strategies to head that …