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Alethea Mills Nutrition- Gold Coast Nutritionist

BHSc Nutritional and Dietetic Medicine

Be a Marathon Rockstar: Fuel Your Success from Start to Finish

June 12, 2023 by aletheam Leave a Comment

I work with a range of running levels from novice to the well-seasoned ultra-athlete. This blog has information for all runners; however, it is intended for the newer marathon runners. I ran my first half marathon with no knowledge of running, nutrition or recovery. I went in 100%, I trained at 100%, every run was at effort, I thought if I ran every run as fast as I could, I would naturally start to run faster, wow, was I wrong! I was under fuelling, not intentionally, I truly believed I was eating well at the time. I trained with an old school phone (way before owning a Garmin) that shouted out when I had hit another “k” that I for some strange reason decided to not take to the event. This all led to a bucket load of excitement at the ...

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Snippet of a beautiful weekend away to celebrate a Snippet of a beautiful weekend away to celebrate a birthday of a good friend. I am so glad we crossed paths all those years ago  when studying @anappleaday_nutrition 🤍

Three nights in Hobart with good friends, food, wine and a cheeky 15k run. Cannot recommend Tolpuddle and Mona enough 🙌🏼

@andrew_raines_  @wellnourished @anappleaday_nutrition a wonderful time 🙏🏼🙏🏼
If you are training regularly and your body still If you are training regularly and your body still feels flat, tired, or not quite right, underfueling needs to be on your radar. 

RED-S can affect recovery, hormones, bone health, performance and mood, and it is more common in active people than many realise.

This is not just about eating more. It is about making sure your intake matches your training and your physiology.

The full blog breaks down the signs, the red flags 🚩that I look for in a consult and the starting points.

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Girls weekend 🧘 We had a little trip down south Girls weekend 🧘 We had a little trip down south and it was perfect 💕 Delicious food (always), chats, laughs, yoga, beach walks, swims, run and sleep, caught up on a lot of that. Lennox was a perfect spot for a lowkey few nights away x
18km of trails yesterday at Daisy Hill 🌿🏃‍ 18km of trails yesterday at Daisy Hill 🌿🏃‍♀️
My favourite trail event close to home. This year I did the longer course and it was a wee reminder that trails are a different beast to road running.
After more road training recently, the trail feels harder than the usual long runs. Trails have a way of testing you from your cardio fitness. balance, physical and mental strength for those hills 😂

Strength training has helped a lot thanks @whynot_performance_  And learning a few downhill running tips recently definitely paid off, even though I’d still choose an uphill any day over a steep downhill (I know… weird 😂). I’ve been joining my friend on her run plan from @run_coaching and he is 👌🏼👌🏼

Lead up wasn’t exactly ideal this week. Big work days, house renos and not a lot of sleep. But there’s something about trail running and the trail community that takes the pressure away. It’s just people, nature, and moving your body.

Also a little reminder that sports nutrition doesn’t always look “perfect” it just needs to work. A conversation I have often in clinic, what I’d eat on an event day is not what my nutrition is other days. I’m looking for high carb low fibre on event days!

Yesterday’s nutrition:

Morning
🍞 Slice of honey toast
🥣 20g coco Pops with high-protein low-fat milk
☕ Cold brew coffee (not something I usually do and I can say my recommendation of don’t try new things on race/comp day is true, you’d think I’d take my own advice 😂)

On course
🍬 Precision Fuel Mint & Lemon Chew
🍉 Clif Blok Salted Watermelon
💧 Koda Electrolyte

Trail pacing is slower than road so I tend to fuel a little less often and less carb than during road events. 

Tell me in the comments what works for you?

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