💡 Fuel For Thought Why heat changes your fuelling needs and what to do about it Training or racing in the heat places extra stress on the body. More blood is diverted to the skin to help you cool down, sweat rates increase, and your body leans more heavily on carbohydrate (glycogen) to keep you moving. Being mindful of this can make the difference between adapting well and digging a hole you don’t need. With that in mind, here are my key nutrition considerations when training or racing in the...
7 days ago • 3 min read
💡 Fuel For Thought If training is just about suffering, you're missing the point In recent weeks, I’ve come across a couple of posts that genuinely worried me. One was a CNN headline about a reporter completing a six-day hike on just 250 calories per day. Another was a runner openly endorsing underfuelling as a way to toughen up for marathon training. I get why these stories gain traction. As endurance athletes, we’re wired to respect grit. Pushing through discomfort is part of the sport’s...
14 days ago • 3 min read
💡 Fuel For Thought This mindset shift can transform your fuelling It’s the start of the year, and for many of us, that means thinking of making changes to better ourselves. Diet is one of the popular areas. After more than 13 years working in sports nutrition, I’ve noticed a clear pattern: about 90% of people who want to change their diet start by banning foods. Examples include chocolate, soft drinks, salty snacks or even sugar altogether. While it’s true that some foods support health and...
21 days ago • 3 min read
💡 Fuel For Thought Goals don't change you. Systems do. In my family, New Year’s Eve has always been almost as big as Christmas. There’s great food, long conversations, and a moment where we pause to be grateful for the year behind us and hopeful for the one ahead. For a long time, that pause came with a familiar ritual: New Year’s resolutions. I used to make long lists of everything I wanted to accomplish by December 31st: Faster race times, better habits, start a new hobby, etc. And, like...
28 days ago • 4 min read
💡 Fuel For Thought The race I didn't plan, but needed A week ago, I raced my third marathon on the same course I completed my first one 11 years ago in Monterrey, Mexico. I recently shared a brief recap on how the race unravelled. You can read it here. When I registered for this marathon, my main objective was to set a new PB (3:37). Even though my training was going amazingly well, a month before the race, I injured my hamstring, which drastically affected my preparation. The goal became...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
💡 Fuel For Thought A sweet tooth or an underfuelled day? Ever feel like you have a “sweet tooth” you just can’t tame? Or that every evening turns into a tug-of-war between you and the pantry? I hear this all the time from athletes who assume the problem is discipline… but nine times out of ten, it’s actually a fuelling gap. When you go long stretches underfuelled, whether that’s a rushed morning, a light lunch, or trying to “be good” during the day, your brain does exactly what it’s designed...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
💡 Fuel For Thought From weight loss to performance gains: My conversation with Jimmy Runs A couple of weeks ago, I sat down with runner and YouTuber Jimmy Runs to unpack his current diet and dive into a topic so many endurance athletes wrestle with: the belief that getting lighter automatically means getting faster. Jimmy is chasing a 2:34 marathon and, like many driven athletes, believed that dropping weight was a key piece of the process. What unfolded in our conversation was a deeper look...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
💡 Fuel For Thought You don't need podium goals to take your fuelling seriously I’ve seen so many runners quietly carry this belief: “I’m not fast enough to take my nutrition seriously.” Maybe you’ve felt it too, that little voice saying only podium-chasers get to focus on fuelling, while the rest of us should just “tough it out” and be grateful to finish. But nutrition isn’t a luxury reserved for the “serious” athlete; it’s the foundation that helps every runner enjoy the sport more. Think...
2 months ago • 3 min read
💡 Fuel For Thought Your fuelling strategy isn't a brand name When I ask athletes about their race-day nutrition strategy, many answer with a brand name: “I used X gels,” or “I tried X drink.” Unfortunately, products aren’t strategies. And when it comes to ultra-endurance, no single gel, bar, or bottle can cover everything your body needs over hours (or days) on your feet. That’s why so many nutrition plans fall apart, not because you picked the “wrong” product, but because you were relying on...
2 months ago • 3 min read