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Nutrition

83 articles — Carbohydrate loading, glycogen depletion, hydration and electrolyte strategy, race-day fueling, and the long debate over fat- versus carb-burning. Practical pieces by sports physiologists and coaches.

Vol. 13, No. 2 · 2009 Get Involved Chicago, October 7, 2007—I’m out here with 35,000 of my closest friends, while 10,000 others had the incredible good sense to stay home and chuck the… Dan Horvath · 15 min read Vol. 13, No. 1 · 2009 Running Far, Far From Home When you run a marathon in another country, you can expect the unexpected. With family on both sides of the Atlantic, the unexpected became the norm… Richard Leutzinger · 11 min read M&B Vol. 12, No. 6 · 2008 Kneed Help? First of all, I kneed to say that I am neither an orthopedic surgeon nor a physical therapist, although in the past I used to pretend… James C. Bates · 9 min read Vol. 12, No. 5 · 2008 From Austinto Boston On a map, the distance from Austin, Texas, to Boston, Massachusetts, is 1,969 miles. But as any marathoner knows, the distance is actually only 26.2 miles… David Barstow · 20 min read Vol. 12, No. 5 · 2008 Spirit of the Marathon Spirit of the Marathon is a must-see movie for past, present, and future marathoners. At times inspirational, at times a wonderful historical perspective of the marathon,… Michael L. Sachs And El · 4 min read M&B Vol. 12, No. 3 · 2008 Lliams @ Pacer Steve (left) and his charge, huffing it around the last bend of track at Placer High in Auburn. or, as it was this day,… Kenneth Williams · 10 min read Vol. 12, No. 2 · 2008 My Most Unforgettable Marathon (Vol. 12, No. 2) CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, October 12, 2003—Like a lobster in a pot, I was slowly coming to a boil. The temperature at start time had been in the… Drew Williams · 17 min read Vol. 11, No. 6 · 2007 Icelandic Hipwreck And The O. Henry Factor As I gazed up at the cascading water of Dynjandi (“Thundering Falls”), I told my German friend Thomas Nuzinger “Der Blick ist schön” (The view is… Bob Kopac · 11 min read Vol. 11, No. 5 · 2007 Here And Back Iremember my final ultra in April 1999. I was a man on the gallows seeing his world for the last time. I was starting a race… Larry Gassan · 6 min read M&B Vol. 11, No. 5 · 2007 Editorial: September/October 2007 The Glory of Rest Every time you turn around there are reports of how overworked and overtired Americans are. A recent study concluded that Americans have… Richard Benyo · 13 min read Vol. 11, No. 4 · 2007 Fuel For The Finish Line RABBIT LAKE, ALASKA, 1993 I awoke at sunrise in a cozy sleeping bag in the Alaskan wilderness. It was 10 degrees above zero, and I was… Chris Kostman · 10 min read M&B Vol. 11, No. 1 · 2007 Imagery For Marathoners Most marathoners and ultrarunners pay particular attention to their equipment (running shoes, gear, heart rate monitors, and so forth), training (mileage, intensity, route, weather), rest, diet,… Joe Weber, M.A. · 11 min read Vol. 11, No. 1 · 2007 On Science And Running Ialways thought scientists were nerds. I should know. After 12 years of multiple university educations, including a year of classes in medical school, I’ve been around… Jason R. Karp, M.S. · 3 min read Vol. 10, No. 6 · 2006 My Most Unforgettable Marathon: November/December 2006 ALBANY, NEW YORK, October 19, 2003—Or, “What are you doing the third Monday in April?” If at first you don’t succeed . . . Twenty-one years;… Bruce Marshall · 11 min read Vol. 10, No. 6 · 2006 Research In The Marathon And Ultramarathon In 2005 Marathon & Beyond readers may be interested in research articles published in the past year (2005) on the marathon and ultramarathon. There were 634 references found… Loughren And Sachs · 2 min read Vol. 10, No. 6 · 2006 Recalling Steve Jones Mark Dreyer ▲ Steve Jones in his current role: signing posters at the Reebok expo booth. Mark Dreyer n northern Colorado, on the outskirts of Boulder,… Mark Dreyer · 9 min read Vol. 10, No. 6 · 2006 Matriarchs Of The Ultra Before Ann Trason and Pam Reed started giving the men a run for their money, the duo of Sandra Kiddy and Sue Ellen Trapp dominated women’s… Ed Mayhew · 23 min read Vol. 10, No. 5 · 2006 Eulogy For a Runner “W e are gathered here today to honor the memory of ______________ _____________.” These words will be spoken, inevitably, over each of us. This despite the… Kenneth Williams · 5 min read M&B Vol. 10, No. 4 · 2006 Hydration Overrated? The conventional wisdom about hydration is evolving. For the past 25 years or so, there has been a consensus that runners should drink as much as… Matt Fitzgerald · 14 min read Vol. 10, No. 1 · 2006 End Run Isaiah Douglas lives for running. He has competed in 20 marathons, including 10 Bostons, and hundreds of shorter events. Six days a week, usually during the… Stephen Prudhomme · 13 min read Vol. 9, No. 6 · 2005 Need To Lose 14 Pounds To Run A Three-Hour Marathon Ihate to reduce an issue as complex as marathon performance to how much I weigh, especially since rampant eating disorders have made the desire to be… Kevin Strehlo · 17 min read M&B Vol. 9, No. 5 · 2005 The Injuries Of August Many of the runners who utilize the bulletin board I manage online under the identity InterActiveTraining have as their goal the Chicago Marathon, a race held… Hal Higdon · 13 min read Vol. 9, No. 4 · 2005 Give Itthat Good Old Collegetry Part I of this classroom-to-course story appeared in our last issue. PART 2 OF 2 The month of February continued with the odyssey of training and… David R. Jennys · 21 min read M&B Vol. 9, No. 4 · 2005 Show Methe Bagels The many proponents of diets like Atkins and South Beach would have the public believe that carbohydrate is some kind of poison. Don’t listen to them.… Jason R. 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