Race Day Half Marathon Fueling Guide for Women
Most half marathon fueling mistakes happen in the final 48 hours, or on race morning, not in the 12-week training block. That is the bit I want you to hear. You can hit every long run. You can nail your intervals. You can taper properly. Then you can still get to mile 9 feeling flat because you under-fuelled breakfast, skipped the start-line top-up, or thought one gel would cover a 2-hour race. This race day half marathon fueling guide for women is here to keep it simple. No
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Train and Race Around Your Cycle: The Performance Edge Women Miss
You know the session. Same route. Same pace target. Same shoes. Same breakfast. Last week it felt controlled, sharp, almost easy. This week your legs feel heavy by the second kilometre, your heart rate sits higher than it should, and your breathing feels out of proportion to the work. It is tempting to assume your fitness has dropped. Most of the time, it has not. For many female athletes, that shift is the menstrual cycle showing up in training. Not as an excuse. Not as a we
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From 150 to 135 What Really Changed in My Half Marathon Training
My first half marathon was 1:50 at university, and I made almost every fuelling mistake possible. I did not carb load. I did not take gels. I did not drink water. I walked the last 3 miles wondering why my legs had completely disappeared. At the time, I thought I had just “hit the wall” because I was not fit enough. Looking back, that race was the start of everything. It pushed me towards an MSc in sports nutrition, because I wanted to understand why effort and outcome can fe
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