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Training and fueling cycles can become tedious or monotonous for even the most ambitious trail runners. At a point, everyone needs a little something different to try and spice things up, whether you’re talking about a romantic relationship or someone who likes to spend their free time running long miles on the trails.
That “spice” can be any number of things. For some runners, myself included, re-establishing a connection to the fundamentals can be game-changing. One of those fundamentals is fueling.
But how can we make fueling interesting again?
Pre-packaged sports nutrition and gels have by and large taken over the fueling market in trail running. Sure, sports gels are a miraculous and convenient hit of measured nectar, nearly perfect for when your body’s unable to metabolize a larger meal or snack. But how many runners actually look forward to sucking down that goop? What if, instead, you could fuel with something that connects you to history, to a story?
With that in mind, I became interested in exploring the diets of endurance athletes throughout human history, from cultures…
