“My appetite is huge during training, how do I fuel and not gain weight?” or “Why am I hungry for days after the marathon??”
Have you found yourself asking this question?? I bet you have because you email me about it all the time! What’s the deal, why are runners always hungry?
No, not the kind of hunger where you grab a snack bar to fill you up until lunch. The kind of insatiable hunger that can stretch the entire day, no matter how many seemingly full meals you consume. I have been victim to this gnawing hunger from several of my runs over 20 miles.
There are a few key reasons, which involve the amount of calories needed to support our activity level, too many of us trying to run lose weight by cutting calories and of course focusing on the wrong nutrition.
I’ve also seen it happy a great deal during the summer months when you simply may not “feel hungry” or your life is so busy you don’t always have snacks and fuel quickly available. So let’s talk about this running hunger and what you can do.
Nutrition is a massive part of performing well and feeling good, so let’s see if we can help you strike the balance of fueling your body enough and not feeling like you’re overeating.
What is Marathon Training Hunger?
Marathon training hunger is a combination…
