Marathon Nutrition

This page contains information about nutrition for marathon runners – both during training and immediately before a marathon or half marathon race.

Carbo loading

Using pre-race Carbo-Loading to increase the amount of glycogen your body can use as fuel during the race.

Marathon hydration and dehydration

Judging how much water to drink before and during a marathon is a key part of marathon performance – and health too.

Caffeine and marathon running

Caffeine can have some marathon running benefits, although there are drawbacks with overdoing its consumption on race day.

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