Healthy running snacks

Long run snacks are an art. Not Mona Lisa-type-art, but they take time to perfect just like a fine painting. To understand why, first we need to know what long run snacks do for your body before, during and after a long run. Read on to learn exactly how to optimize long run snacks for your body (and improve running performance)! Fueling Correctly - Why do Runners Need Long Run Snacks? Why are long run snacks for runners important? Well, runners need the right nutrition to perform optimally…

Snacking can get a bad rap but healthy snacks are actually an important part of your nutrition and fueling strategy as a runner. Healthy snacks for runners can be used to provide pre-run fuel, mid-run calories, and post-race recovery and refueling nutrients. Healthy snacks are also a crucial component of a runner’s overall diet or nutrition plan, helping meet daily caloric and macronutrient needs throughout the entire day, not just in the interval of time right around a run.

We’d all like to be perfect runners and we’d all like to have the perfect diet. But although it seems overwhelming at first, the reality is that any organised approach to running, fitness and nutrition really isn’t that difficult to master. You can eat healthily, but you just have to plan it. #runner #runningnutrition #nutritiontips #guide #tips #dailydiet #realbuzz

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