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Nutritional Strategies for Endurance Athletes Welcome, fellow runners and fitness enthusiasts. Every endurance athlete knows the feeling. Legs moving well, breathing under control, pace comfortable enough. Then somewhere around the halfway mark, things start to come apart. Pace drops. Legs go heavy in a way that has nothing to do with muscle soreness. You can't hold a thought. You start wondering, seriously, why you signed up for this. That's the bonk. It can arrive gradually or seemingly out of nowhere, one minute you're fine, the next you're empty. Nutrition is a big part of whether it happens to you. Training builds the fitness. Fuel is what lets that fitness actually show up when the distance gets long. And the good news is that sports nutrition doesn't require a cupboard full of powders and gadgets. You need to understand what your body is burning, feed it enough carbohydrate, drink sensibly, and rehearse the plan before race day. There's also going t...