Fuel is a nonnegotiable for endurance athletes like runners. Gels from brands like Gu, Huma, and Honey Stinger have long been ...

Training for a marathon or half marathon? Or want to significantly increase your mileage? Then it's time to get serious about your fuel strategy — especially mid-run. Unlike before or after your run, ...

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Energy gels are good source of race fuel. Here are the 13 best running gels according to a running coach, broken down into different categories for all runners. The post 13 Best Running Gels: From ...

It’s vital to get your fueling right for the marathon — here’s what I do on race day, and the mistakes to avoid.

Personal bests, competition wins, new challenges—athletes, and particularly endurance athletes, tend to want to push themselves hard to perform. So it makes sense that there is a big interest in ...

Running gels—you’ve probably seen super serious runner types ripping them open with their teeth and guzzling them down as they blaze past in a blur of Lycra and sweat. The gels are what long-distance ...

I should be pretty clued up on in-race nutrition. I’ve twice run the infamous Marathon des Sables, raced across mountain ranges, sweated through Amazon jungles and clocked countless road marathons.

Supplying fluid, carbohydrate (the body's preferred fuel during exercise) and electrolytes, sports drinks and gels should be an integral part of any runner's nutrition program. The key is to ...

“You’re hooked,” my fiancé would say every time I came home from a trip to my local running store with a heap of energy gels. “It’s not goo,” I would tell him. It’s gel. I thought he was just gel-ous ...