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Smoothie recipes for runners

Smoothie recipes for runners

Pair one of these three frozen treats with your next run or workout.  Smoothies can be a healthy and tasty way to supplement nutrition for runners. A few fresh and frozen ingredients into the blender and chef’s kiss, you have yourself a nutrient-packed snacked perfect...

The Great Aussie Hike

The Great Aussie Hike

The last two years have been filled with nothing but activewear uniforms, unmuting ourselves on zoom, mental health walks, and of course that all too familiar banana bread-making phase. However, there have also been plenty of positives to come out of this period, not...

The mental health benefits of running

The mental health benefits of running

While the physical benefits of running are well-established, there is plenty of evidence to suggest running can improve your mental health, too. Running has been a large part of managing my own well-being over the years, and I expect many other runners would say the...

Reap the head-to-toe benefits of the run

Reap the head-to-toe benefits of the run

DISCLAIMER: THIS ARTICLE DOES NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICE The content in this post is intended for informational or general educational purposes only and it is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the...

3 of the Best Nutrition Tips for New Runners

3 of the Best Nutrition Tips for New Runners

Tip One Just like your new running muscles are now getting used to running, your gut is also adjusting to this new exercise routine as well. Most of the time runners experience gut upset/distress because their gut simply isn’t used to digesting fuel in and around the...

Running on empty?

Running on empty?

Not so fast. Let’s demystify hunger on the run.    Is “runger” a thing? That’s a term we just made up for running while hungry. And the answer, according to Dr. Kyle Pfaffenbach — a professor in the Health and Human Performance program at Eastern Oregon...

Marathon week nutrition do’s and don’ts

Marathon week nutrition do’s and don’ts

Before you go on to read race week do’s and don’ts, the most important lesson here is that the gut is highly trainable. Therefore, in the weeks and months leading up to race day when we are training our body and muscles to handle to 42.195km distance, we also want to...

What to eat post-workout

What to eat post-workout

Starting Point Good Nutrition; before focusing on pre and post workout meals it is important to assure that you are having well balanced meals and offering to your body the fuel it needs.Pre-Workout Your pre-workout meal can be done in a window of 3 hours to 30...

Run stronger in 2021: Improve your mental strength

Run stronger in 2021: Improve your mental strength

Training your body is just a start if you want to run at a high level. Understanding and building mental strength can boost your performance, too.  A missing piece in the performance puzzle Many runners spend lots of time and energy on the physical aspect of the...

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