As a sports dietitian and marathon runner, I know firsthand the difference nutrition can make in your performance. Properly fueling for a marathon can be the difference between hitting the wall at ...

This is the kind of long follow-up runners have been missing. In this cohort of recreational marathoners, the heart ’s ...

Carb-loading before exercise is believed to fuel workouts and help speed recovery. As evidenced by your prerace or pregame pasta dinners in high school, the mainstream conversation around this topic ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Every marathon runner fears the same moment: the wall. The dreaded “bonk” that hits when glycogen runs out, energy fades, and every step feels heavier than ...

Like most runners, I was totally obsessed with what I ate. Quinoa or oatmeal? Protein powder or Greek yogurt? But I was missing something huge – when I ate actually mattered way more than I realized.

Aged 17, Ben Kelleher had never run for more than five minutes – but he decided to do the London Marathon anyway. Why? ‘I wanted to take on the hardest thing I could imagine.’ He finished it in 3:57.