Race Day Nutrition Crisis Management: What to Do When Your Plan Goes Wrong

You spent months preparing for your race.  You tested your fueling strategy during training, packed your nutrition, and reviewed your pacing plan. Then race day happens. The aid station runs out of drink mix.  Your stomach suddenly revolts.  You drop a bottle.  Your gels become impossible to swallow or the gravel road is so rough […]

Gut Training: Building Your Digestion for Long Endurance Races

How to train your body to process calories at high rates—without losing your lunch by Coach Paul Warloski Ann Trason, 14-time Western States winner, reportedly said that ultra marathons are “an eating and drinking competition with a little running in between.”  She’s not wrong.  But here’s the problem: you know you need to fuel, yet […]

When Your Gut Rebels on the Run: Why GI Distress Happens—and What You Can Do About It

by Coach Nicole Ford Here are Three Things to Know About GI Distress During Running 1. GI distress is common and multifactorialUp to half of endurance runners experience GI symptoms, especially in long ultramarathons. Causes include reduced gut blood flow, heat stress, mechanical jostling, and certain fueling or hydration strategies. 2. Training the gut is […]