In addition, although individual differences in
race day diet did not strongly influence the marathon performances of recreational athletes, the amount of carbohydrate ingested during the day before race - day was identified as a significant and independent predictor of running speed.
Not exact matches
Evidence has also shown that runners who follow a
diet inclusive of key essential daily nutrients have show benefits to their endurance training and
race day performance.
Along with an intense training program and proper fueling, a
diet rich in organic nutrients can help athletes avoid illness and injury and perform up to their peak come
race day.
Along with an intense training and proper fueling, a
diet rich in organic nutrients can help athletes avoid illness and injury and perform up to their peak come
race day.
Final thought: Don't introduce anything new in your
diet in the
days before the actual
race.
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Along with avoiding overtraining, and eating a proper
diet, improvements in overall health helps assure proper hormone balance to better regulate water and sodium on
race day — which can also contribute to a better performance.
Since in
races the heart rate is more than the MAF rate, will I be burning more sugar and therefore need to carbo load the
day before or will I have enough energy by eating a low - carb
diet and only eating gels during the
race?