Dr. Alan McCubbin lectures and conducts research in sports nutrition at Monash University, consults with Triathlon Australia's High-Performance Program, and writes for Cycling Tips. He has worked as the dietitian for the Attaque-Gusto cycling team, adventure runner Richard Bowles, several triathlon squads, the Coburg Tigers VFL football club, and the Tour de Cure cycling charity, amongst others. He has written for Outer Edge Magazine, Trail Run magazine and lectured for Cycling Australia coaches. He has worked with summer and winter Olympians, A-League soccer players, national Taekwondo champions, triathletes, ultra-marathon runners, road cyclists & mountain bikers, boxers, and windsurfers. Alan has competed at an international level in sailing and in endurance mountain biking. Alan recently completed a Ph.D. in sports nutrition at Monash University, looking at the effects of sodium in endurance athletes. He is also the co-host of The Long Munch Podcast, a podcast that answers common nutrition questions asked by runners, cyclists, and triathletes.Alan founded Next Level Nutrition, Australia's first-ever online sports nutrition consultancy back in 2010. What was once an unheard-of service model is fast becoming the norm in the sports nutrition industry, better servicing the sporting community of Australia with access to state-of-the-art sports nutrition counseling and education delivered to clients anywhere in Australia via the web.Next Level Nutrition-https://nextlevelnutrition.com.au/site/about/Paper discussed-https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35616504/The Long Much PodcastBuy Training Essentials for Ultrarunning on Amazon or Audible.Information on coaching-https://trainright.com/Koop’s Social MediaTwitter/Instagram- @jasonkoop