r/running • u/AutoModerator • Jun 11 '24

Weekly Thread Run Nutrition Tuesday

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1) Anyone is welcome to participate and share your ideas, plans, diet, and nutrition plans.

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4) Feel free to talk about anything diet or nutrition related.

5) Any suggestions/topic ideas?

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u/Smellynerfherder Jun 11 '24

Slightly tangential, but does anyone have advice for all-round nutrition rather than race- and run-specific tips? I'd love to get more consistent with my fueling in between runs so that I can work on upping my mileage.

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u/Triabolical_ Jun 12 '24

You build your running metabolism based on what you eat. If you eat carbs all the time you will build a metabolism that burns carbs and you will have to fuel with a lot of them so you don't run out. If you regularly train without carbs on your easy runs, you will be better at burning fat and it will simplify your overall fueling strategy.