Eat Before You Run?
Last issue, dietitian Keri Strachan explained when and what to eat after an intense run to recover. In this issue, Dr Gabe Mirkin shows you when and what to eat before your big run.
All athletes learn sooner or later that they need to eat within three hours before an intense workout or competition. There is some evidence that exercising after fasting may help your muscles retain and process sugar during controlled non-intense recovery exercise, but you cannot do a substantial intense workout after fasting.1
An excellent study from the United Kingdom (Department for Health, University of Bath, 2018) shows that
