E66: The Ultimate Guide to Marathon Nutrition with Six Star Finisher & Nutritionist, Meghann Featherstun

Marathon Talk

World Marathon Majors

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.7 • 994 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Rethink your marathon nutrition, because we’re debunking some of the biggest fueling myths with Six Star Finisher and Nutritionist, Meghann Featherstun!

She joins us in a packed Marathon Talk to help you unlock your full potential on your next long run, plus we cover the running world’s biggest news from London’s 56,000 strong lineup, to the GOAT’s return down under, and a race for our robot overlords in Beijing…

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

3:30 - The big news this week features Eliud Kipchoge’s appearance at Sydney’s first Major, a ‘race that eats its young’, London’s record-breaking lineup, a robot race in Beijing, and much more
19:15 - Meghann Featherstun, nutritionist and Six Star Finisher, debunks the biggest carbo loading myths, guides us through proper fuelling, and shares recovery strategies to nail your next long run
46:30 - Notes from our community this week include Rome Marathon finishers Davina and Josh, and a statement of intent from regional listener Brian

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 66 of Marathon Talk powered by Abbott World Marathon majors.
0:07.5	As we get closer to some big marathons in April, we speak with nutritionist Megan Featherston
0:13.2	about her methods to make sure you're fully fueled ahead of your next big race.
0:18.6	Before that, we'll have a round up of all the news from around the running world.
0:22.3	Sydney prepares to welcome the goat down under,
0:25.4	and we have an on the ground report from the LA Marathon.
0:28.3	We'll talk about some of the big races
0:29.7	that have gone down in the last few weeks.
0:31.5	Finally, we've got news from the distant future
0:35.1	as Beijing launches the first humans versus robots half marathon.
0:39.9	All of this and more on Marathon Talk.
0:45.4	Dina, what have you been up to?
0:47.4	Oh my gosh, I'm so excited for this episode. First of all, I feel like we have so much to talk
0:52.1	about spring marathon season and races getting underway. But this last weekend, I feel like we have so much to talk about spring marathon season and races getting
0:55.1	underway. But this last weekend, I was in Chicago for the Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle.
1:00.7	It's put on by the Chicago Marathon event crew. And it was such a fun celebration. Even though
1:08.5	it rained and it was bitterly cold. They like to say it's
1:12.5	the coming of spring this race, welcoming spring. And I guess it's for in my assessment of it,
1:18.7	the days are getting longer, so more opportunities to get out and run. But I got to run the 8K. It was
1:24.8	the 20th anniversary of my American 8K record there. It's my only record out of the 10
1:32.2	that I have once held that still stands today. Wow. But I ran it much slower this time
1:39.2	around. I ran with Galen Rupp, two-time Olympic medalist Galen Rupp, and Tina Muir from the UK.
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