Trimarni Coaching and Nutrition

The Boston Marathon is unlike any other marathon race. You board a bus to Hopkinton and spend several hours anxiously waiting at Athletes' Village alongside thousands of other excited and nervous runners. Although running 26.2 miles is the familiar part, the Boston Marathon (similar to a few other events like the London Marathon) has a logistical component with the wave starts and needing to arrive 2-3 hours before the race start. Most runners will begin running between 10:15-11:30am. That gap between the morning "pre race" meal and the start is where many runners get it wrong. Despite being physically prepared, there's a chance of either under-fueling and hitting the wall early on, or over-eating and fighting GI distress through the Newton Hills.  If you are running the Boston marathon and you have concerns about how to fuel and hydrate on race morning, this blog gives you a simple timeline for breakfast, village fueling, and pre-race hydration so that you can perfor...

Do you intentionally change how you eat throughout the day depending on your workout(s) for the day?  When an athlete works with me on daily and sport nutrition, the above is a question that I often ask when athletes expresses their struggles with injury, health issues, fatigue, and a performance decline.  Checking off those hard-earned miles is only one element in preparing your body for an endurance event.  Often underestimated—yet vital for success—is daily nutrition. For many athletes, busy schedules and a rushed lifestyle alongside training can make it difficult to eat enough of the right foods, at the right times to support your active lifestyle. Even with the best intentions, if you end up tired or hangry, good intentions can easily give way to fast food or mindless snacking.  Marathon training challenges your body daily in a variety of ways, so your diet must change to support these different stressors.  In my recent  Outside Run article , I go...