#280: Nutritionist & Running Coach Helps You With Food & Training For Your Next Race

It can be a delicate balance between exercise - like long distance running - and nutrition. Are you eating enough? A lot of endurance athletes do not. This week's "Run The Race" guest has some sound advice to help you with food and training plans for your next race, whatever distance it is.

(2:44) Registered dietician nutritionist (RDN) and personal trainer and certified ultramarathon running coach Todd Reinkemeyer of Georgia helps us dig into proper fueling for your performance goals before and during races. We start with what to eat during training, the timing of it, and pre-race nutrition for half marathons vs. 26.2 miles and ultras. You can get 1-on-1 help from him too: https://www.offtrailcoaching.com/

(13:26) How much should you take in DURING that long race? He's got some numbers to help prevent "bonking." We also talk specific foods that can be fun or forced during longer distances (Todd loves burritos, breakfast sandwich, mashed potatoes in those ultra marathons). 

(25:41) A lot of runners are chronically UNDERFUELING. Keeping your weight down to be faster can have negative affects, he says, but we should focus on everyday healthy eating habits. How do we know the right amount of calories to eat? Todd has some answers.

(38:05) Todd may have been undertrained for his first full marathon, but he's learned and wants to help others with training plans to succeed. We discuss advantages to hiring a coach for nutrition and running - which includes accountability and adaptability. (48:18) And like me, he's trying to complete marathons in 50 states, his next one being BOSTON. Todd is also the keynote speaker the night before the Bootlegger 100 race (with lower distance races too) in Flovilla GA on March 28: https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=103737.

(59:15) I close out the episode in prayer. Thanks for listening! Follow or subscribe to this podcast and tell others about it. Happy running and eating!

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