Fueling Endurance - Nutrition for Runners, Cyclists & Triathletes

Feb 12 2025 157 ep. 69 mins 101
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Nutrition podcast for runners, cyclists & triathletes. Sports dietitians Steph Gaskell & Alan McCubbin answer the most common nutrition questions the runners, cyclists & triathletes ask, with help from guest researchers, practitioners, athletes & coaches.

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Episode 87 - What is periodised nutrition and is it beneficial?

Feb 12 2025 36 mins  
You’ve probably heard of periodised training before, and maybe even periodised nutrition. But what does it actually mean? In this episode I explain what periodised nutrition means for endurance athletes, how it’s changed over the years, whether it's important or not, and the key points to get you started. Fueling Endurance eBook | T -12 Race Nutrition Course | Practitioner Re

Episode 86 - How does endurance sports nutrition evolve?

Jan 28 2025 31 mins  
On today’s episode we’re dissecting how sports nutrition evolves over time. The diets, the foods, the supplements, and the attitudes to health, body composition and performance. How and why does this stuff change over time, and can that tell us anything about the future? As much as we’d like to think things are always evolving for the better based on new scientific research a

Episode 85 - Are high carb diets a health concern for athletes? | Dr Nicola Guess

Dec 12 2024 73 mins  
We’ve often talked about the benefits of carbohydrate for runners, cyclists and triathletes, but for many people there’s an underlying concern - does eating all those carbs increase the risk of developing diabetes or heart disease? It’s certainly a common message that’s pushed online in some circles, but is this really the case? In this episode I speak to diabetes researche

Episode 84 - 4th Birthday Special

Dec 04 2024 70 mins  
It's the 4th birthday of the podcast! And like each previous year, we’re going to look back and provide a brief summary of every question we’ve answered on the podcast in the past year, from “How do I work out my calorie needs for training?” to “Does pickle juice actually work?”, and “What do I do when my race nutrition plan falls apart?”. So if you’re new to the

Episode 83C - Is very high carb a thing now? | Brady Threlfall

Nov 27 2024 79 mins  
Over the last two episodes we’ve been discussing the ‘high carb trend’ - taking in very large amounts of carbohydrate during exercise. Today we’re looking at this topic through the lens of the road marathon, an event where access to your own nutrition products is limited. In this episode I speak to marathon runner, running coach and co-host of the Inside Running Podcast, Br

Episode 83B - Is very high carb a thing now? | Jack Haig

Nov 20 2024 79 mins  
In the last episode we investigated the ‘high carb trend’ - taking in very large amounts of carbohydrate (>100g/hr) during exercise. In this episode we speak to Aussie pro cyclist Jack Haig to get an athlete's perspective. Jack’s professional career to date spans both sides of this high carb trend with almost perfectly symmetry, and so he has a great insight on how this ap

Episode 83A - Is very high carb a thing now? | Aitor Viribay

Nov 14 2024 82 mins  
You’ve probably come across discussions in the last year or so about the ‘high carb trend’ - taking very large amounts of carbohydrate during exercise, often well over 100g per hour. These levels are significantly greater than official sports nutrition guidelines, so what’s behind the trend? Is it based on new science, product marketing, or is it just another fad that will

T +2 (Chicago Marathon): Race review and reflections

Oct 31 2024 48 mins  
In the final episode of this T -12 podcast series, we catch up with our guest athlete Brad, just over 2 weeks after racing the Chicago Marathon. We find out how the race went for him, as well as how our planned strategies for accommodation, carb loading, and everything he’d worked on in the 12 weeks prior to race day turned out. We review what worked well in hindsight, what didn�

Episode 82 - How do I manage hunger and fullness with my training?

Oct 23 2024 32 mins  
We’ve often talked about periodised nutrition on this podcast, adjusting the carbs you eat across the week based on your training schedule. But in the down periods, how do you achieve this without being ravenously hungry? And on the flipside, when you do need to load up for a big training session, sometimes it's hard to do this without feeling uncomfortably full and bloated. In t

T -2 (Chicago Marathon): Taper nutrition, the flight and jetlag, last minute logistics, and coping when disaster strikes

Oct 04 2024 45 mins  
Brad's now into the taper for the Chicago Marathon. Here we discuss the nutrition aspect to this, the flight from Melbourne to Chicago and coping with jetlag, last minute nutrition logistics, and what to do if things do go south mid-race. If you're racing Chicago or Melbourne Marathons or another event in October or November you can follow along and apply the same principles to you