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Fact or Fiction: The vegan diet is unlikely to support optimal performance in runners? Fiction! No evidence suggests a nutritionally balanced vegan diet impairs athletic performance.

It was a photo finish in both the men's and women's race at the USATF Colorado Trail Championships on Saturday, October 5. In the men's race, Chandler Reid outsprinted Geoffrey Kipchumba at the finish line, both clocking a 36:48 gun time over the hilly, single track trails.

If you are like many runners, you are confused about the role of sugar in your daily sports diet. The anti-sugar media reports sugar is health-erosive, yet sports nutrition researchers claim sugar is performance enhancing.

For most of the past 40 years, weight-conscious runners have been told to limit dietary fat, believing it leads to weight gain and heart disease. Today, runners hear messages to indulge in a very high-fat (ketogenic) diet and limit the carbohydrate-based foods that fueled their low fat diet. Confusing, eh?

Late Sunday afternoon—still dressed in her customary long prototype Salomon shorts that appear more suited to the basketball court than a running catalog—Salomon trail running athlete Courtney Dauwalter was trying to process the fact that she had won the famed Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB®).

Runners commonly train early in the morning in order to get to work or classes on time. Parents may get up at 5:00, to fit in their run before the kids get up. Many of these runners report eating nothing before their exercise session. The question arises: What's the best way to fuel for early morning runs?

As a runner, you have two jobs. One is to eat wisely to run well. The other is to stay healthy. That includes sleeping well, eating well, and living well (according to your values).

As a runner, you have two jobs. One is to eat wisely to run well. The other is to stay healthy. That includes sleeping well, eating well, and living well (according to your values).

Runners know the importance of year-round proper diet and nutrition, especially when they’re focused on training. As running breaks down and builds up our bodies, even the most dedicated of meal planners can miss a few nutrients. That’s where supplements come in.

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