Ironman Lake Placid 7.28.13 There's no better feeling that putting all your hard training to good use on race day and having a strong race day performance. Ironman World Championship 10.12.13 But if there was one factor that would make or break an endurance athlete's "perfect" race, most athletes would blame their performance on nutrition (or, perhaps how often they saw the inside of a port-a-potty). I work with a lot of athletes on nutrition, specifically sport nutrition. I find that most athletes are not in need of nutrition help to enhance performance but instead, performance is limiting because of nutrition. You see, there's a big difference between the two. For most age-group athletes, sport nutrition is another confusing topic that is thrown into the mix of understanding how to eat "healthy" on a daily basis. Among the athletes that reach out to me for nutrition help, the majority have some issue with nutrition/fueling/sp...
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