nutrition

Change Your Mind, Change Your Body: Healthy habits for running and general lifestyle that will last beyond 2022

Change Your Mind, Change Your Body: Healthy habits for running and general lifestyle that will last beyond 2022

As we enter the holiday season, you may have started to hear people talking about New Year’s resolutions. For many people, these resolutions tend to focus on health, wellness, exercise, losing weight, or changing their body in some way. While focusing on health and wellness is a fabulous motivator, many times we take these resolutions to an extreme. For example, completely cutting out all desserts or sweets, or removing carbohydrates from our diet, or something that is just not maintainable for the long term.

Foundation of Sports Nutrition for Runners

Foundation of Sports Nutrition for Runners

Among the many things to consider, nutrition is one of the most important aspects to focus on when incorporating more exercise and mileage. Conflicting nutrition messages emerging in the media can make it very challenging to figure out what you should be doing to fuel your body without underfueling or overfueling. Here are 4 key evidence based tips for new runners to help keep you focused and energized throughout your training.

5 Nutrition Rules to Follow the Week of the Charles Street 12

5 Nutrition Rules to Follow the Week of the Charles Street 12

You’ve been logging miles all summer training for the Charles Street 12 miler. With the race just a few days away, the time to build strength and speed is behind us, and now it’s time to recover and prepare our bodies for a strong race. Nutrition should be a part of that preparation; do you have a plan to eat well this week?

August at the Farmers' Market: Filling the Healthy Runner's Plate

August at the Farmers' Market: Filling the Healthy Runner's Plate

Staying healthy while training for a summer or fall race doesn’t require runners to spend a fortune on supplements, shakes and sugary energy bars to fuel runs and recover quickly. You don’t have to drop a paycheck at specialty stores on bizarre ingredients, either. Look no further than your local farmers’ market plentiful produce bursting with flavor and nutrition!