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Hot Weather Hydration Tips

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Steaming hot summers bring up nutrition questions for runners who are training and competing in the heat: How can I tell if I’ve had enough to drink? Should I be […]
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Food, Runners & Joyful Eating

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Once upon a time (before WW-II), daily life revolved around structured meals: enjoying a hearty breakfast, a dinner (at noon), and supper (at night). When women entered the workforce, eating patterns changed—lighter breakfasts and lunches, with bigger family-focused dinners. Fast forward to pre-COVID 2020, youth sports and life’s busy-ness totally disrupted dinner-times; structured meals got lost in the shuffle.
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Guide To Vitamins and Minerals for Runners

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Diet and supplements play an essential role in reaching your goals of running strong. If you run regularly, you need certain minerals and vitamins for your body's proper running condition. Your pre-run nutrition should also not end at loading carbohydrates and drinking water.
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Building a Better Vegan/Vegetarian Sports Diet

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Among runners (and all athletes), “turning vegan” (or vegetarian) is not a passing fad. Given the most popular ages for embarking upon a vegan lifestyle are 19, 20 and 21, many collegiate runners are asking how to eat a meatless sports diet.
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How CBD Helps Endurance Athletes

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Pain during endurance training & racing is a given but there’s often a different kind of pain and discomfort that shows up to tell you to slow down or even STOP. It appears in the form of inflammation. Inflammation is the #1 source of pain — and it uses pain, stiffness and immobility to send the message that it wants you to do things differently.
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Five Rehydration and Sport Beverage Red Flags

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It’s a brave new beverage world out there, and consumers are being romanced by a deluge of “healthy” drink solutions promising to keep them rehydrated, energized and performing at a high level. However, in truth, much of what’s being merchandised in this category is far more focused and adept at hype than hydration. So, what’s a would-be consumer to do who’s thirsty for a truly viable rehydration, sports or performance-enhancing beverage solution, but doesn’t want to be duped by their drink of choice?
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Your Sports Diet: Quality Calories for Weight Management?

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If you are like most runners, you are busy juggling work, workouts, family, and life. You likely eat meals and snacks on the run, grabbing an energy bar here, a frozen meal there, and a protein shake to go. You can easily fuel yourself with highly processed foods that are ready to heat and/or ready to eat.
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Recipe for Super-Seedy Granola Bars

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If you want an alternative to yet-another-energy-bar-in-a-wrapper, make this easy, cook-free recipe! These crunchy, seedy bars offer fiber, protein, and healthy fats. They are a minimally processed and wrapper-free alternative to yet-another energy bar in a shiny wrapper.
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