Hello and welcome to the Runers Connect audio blog on the Run to the Top Podcast.

This is Coach Claire Bartholic, and today I am reading,

Should I Eat Before I Run,

How to Fuel Your Body for Any Running Workout. Written by Emily Brown. fuel your body for any running workout.

Written by Emily Brown.

Some runners can't walk out of the door

for a morning run without having something

to settle their stomachs.

Others cannot have a bit of food in their stomach

without causing stomach distress. The overarching theme of sports

nutrition is every athlete is different. That doesn't specifically help you much does it? So in this

article I will try to make the decision of to eat or not to eat a little easier

by laying out arguments for and against eating before a run, as well as

what and when to eat it to set yourself up for a great workout. Eating for different types of runs. In a typical week for me, there are three

types of runs to consider. Easy slash recovery runs, long runs, and workouts. Easy recovery runs, long runs, and workouts.

Easy recovery runs are at a comfortable,

conversational pace and usually don't last longer than 60 minutes.

Long runs vary by pace and are longer than 90 minutes.

Workouts are shorter in duration but higher in intensity than the other two types of runs.

Each type of run is associated with different fueling needs and different physiologic responses.

I'll get into this specific fueling needs of each run later in this article,

but it's important to make sure we're all on the same page in

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