Episode 113: 3 Elite Runners on Fueling for Workouts, Long Runs, and Races

The Strength Running Podcast

Jason Fitzgerald

Health & Fitness, 10k, Beginnerrunning, Marathontraining, Fitness, Injuryprevention, Marathon, Halfmarathon, Running, Sports

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🗓️ 23 October 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Today you’re going to hear from three Ultramarathoners on how they fuel for races, what their post long run fueling looks like, and how things might be different if they were training for shorter races.

It’s helpful to study ultramarathoners when it comes to fueling, even if you have no interest in running ultra distances, because it’s here that fueling becomes virtually as important as the training itself. It doesn’t matter how fit you are if you don’t fuel well as an ultra runner...

We’re doing this today because we’re celebrating the relaunch of our fueling program Finish Strong. I’ve added new material, updated our fueling schedules, included more expert interviews, and there’s now an extra discount for Tailwind Nutrition. You can see all the details of Finish Strong here.

Abby Hall placed 8th at CCC earlier this year (which is known as UTMB’s sister race). Anna Mae Flynn won the Speedgoat 50k this year and Abby Levene placed 9th at this year’s Way Too Cool 50k.

I’m going to ask all three of these athletes the same 3 questions:

How do you fuel during an ultramarathon? Give us an overview of what that looks like.
When you finish a long run, what does your post-run fueling look like?
How would you fuel different for workouts and long runs if you were training for a shorter event like, say a 10k?

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0:00.0	Ready, set go.
0:04.0	This is episode 113 featuring the fueling advice of three ultra-marathons,
0:10.0	Abby Hall, Anna May Flynn, and Abby Levine. Hello. I'm your host, Jason Fitzgerald and welcome back to the Strength Running
0:26.5	podcast. You know, when I first started Strength Running, everyone thought that
0:31.3	Strength Running meant that I'm a big proponent of strength
0:34.6	training for runners and yes while I do believe that strength training is so
0:39.1	important to our running that it shouldn't even be considered cross training just part of your
0:44.4	overall training. Strength running is about a lot more than just how strong your
0:49.0	muscles are. We must be aerobically strong by developing our endurance. We must be mentally strong by mastering our mindset.
0:57.6	And we must have the energy, the proper fueling, to run our workouts and races strong.
1:03.0	Because without adequate energy, we can't kick hard at the end of a race.
1:06.0	We can't summon the strength to sprint when we're tired,
1:09.0	and we can't finish strong.
1:12.0	I wish that I had taken fueling more seriously when I started
1:14.9	running half marathons and marathons because my nutrition caused a lot of poor
1:20.0	workouts and it was actually the main reason why I faltered and hit the wall so hard in my first
1:26.0	marathon and I want you to avoid these mistakes. I want you to learn from the best. That's why today you're going to hear from three ultra-marathoners on how they fuel for races, what their
1:38.6	post-long-run fueling looks like, and how things might be different if they were training for shorter races.
1:45.2	I think it's quite helpful to study ultra-marathons when it comes to fueling, even if you have
1:50.0	no interest in running ultra distances, because it's here that fueling becomes
1:54.8	virtually as important as the training itself. It doesn't matter how fit you are
1:59.4	if you don't fuel well as an ultra-runner. And we're doing this today because we're celebrating the
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