Fats & Oils: Facts and Fads
In my early years as a sports nutritionist, fat was a four-letter word. The mantra Eat fat. get fat scared runners away from consuming any kind of dietary fat. I had to practically beg athletes to include some fat in each meal.
Chocolate and Runners
Most runners love chocolate in any form: candy bars, chocolate chip cookies, squares of dark chocolate. Over 60% of all US candy sales are chocolate-based. But how good—or bad—is chocolate for our health? Is it as health-promoting as we want it to be? What about all the sugar and caffeine that comes…
What 5K Runners Learn From a 40-Yard Dash
A 40-yard dash after a 5K sounds like a dare at the finish, but it tells runners something useful quickly. The 5K is about settling into discomfort, choosing a pace, and staying patient when the middle mile bites. A dash asks for the opposite skill: clean posture, quick arms, fast feet, and…