The new rules of marathon and half-marathon nutrition : a cutting-edge plan to fuel your body beyond "the wall" /
Fitzgerald, Matt.
Boston, MA : Da Capo Press/Lifelong Books,
c2013.
Fitzgerald teaches you the most effective ways to fuel your training to achieve your best performance. Geared to runners of all levels, he aims to help you attain your ideal racing weight, build a satisfying diet based on the best meals and snacks for runners, and avoid common pitfalls such as GI discomfort.
Includes index.
Foreword / by Kara Goucher -- Introduction: The wall-hitters club -- The two-rule diet. Meeting your carbohydrate needs ; Getting lean ; Practicing the two-rule diet -- Performance nutrition from day 1 to race day. Fueling your workouts ; The Taper diet ; Prerace nutrition ; Race nutrition ; After the race -- Nutrition-training synergy. Training for the wall ; Nutrition-training plans for the half marathon ; Nutrition-training plans for the marathon.
Fitzgerald teaches you the most effective ways to fuel your training to achieve your best performance. Geared to runners of all levels, he aims to help you attain your ideal racing weight, build a satisfying diet based on the best meals and snacks for runners, and avoid common pitfalls such as GI discomfort.
Marathon running
Runners (Sports)