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Does alcohol ruin your hard work?

Does alcohol ruin your hard work?

You’ve just run a half marathon/marathon/ultra marathon. At the finish line, you meet up with some mates and head to the pub for some pints and to exchange war stories. Or maybe you’ve finished a tough interval session with your running group and need to...
The real secret to nutrition for runners

The real secret to nutrition for runners

While marathon racing only started in 1896 at the Olympic Games in Athens, long distance running is considered a human skill developed over a million years ago. Indigenous Australians, the San people of Southern Africa and the Tarahumara of Mexico hunted by running...
Product review: Huck energy gels

Product review: Huck energy gels

Written by Rachel Eagleton, Running Science’s Nutritionist.  Find out more about Rachel here: I love dropping into Running Science to buy new shoes because I always come away with something new to try!  Last week, the owner Fletch gave me a few samples of a new...
Low FODMAP sports supplements

Low FODMAP sports supplements

Written by Rachel Eagleton, Running Science’s Nutritionist.  Find out more about Rachel here: Are you following a low FODMAP diet to manage your IBS symptoms?  FODMAPs is short for Fermentable, Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides and Polyols which are a...
Nuun electrolyte tablets

Nuun electrolyte tablets

Written by Rachel Eagleton, Running Science’s Nutritionist.  Find out more about Rachel here: I’ve been using nuun electrolyte tablets for about 7 years now.  I first discovered them as a newish runner when I lived in Singapore when a 40 minute run would give me a...
Beetroot mmoothie

Beetroot mmoothie

Written by Rachel Eagleton, Running Science’s Nutritionist.  Find out more about Rachel here: If you hang around the sports nutrition world you’ll see there’s a lot of fuss about beetroot juice, which has recently been promoted to a Grade A supplement by the...