Episode 4 - Kristen Chang: Fueling on the run

About this episode

Kristen Chang joins John Andersen to discuss sports nutrition for ultrarunners, addressing common concerns and strategies for fueling during training runs.

Should I really eat before a training run? (Who wants to eat at 5am?!) How can I not have a gut blow up at Promise Land? Does Jordan Chang drink water or sports drink? This episode welcomes Kristen Chang, MS, RDN, CSSD to provide some guidance in the overwhelming space of sports nutrition in ultrarunning. Whether you're training for your first 50k or are wondering why you're still messing up your nutrition after a decade plus of ultrarunning, I hope you'll find some gems in here, or at the least a little Van Halen to keep you fired up! (please excuse my scratchy voice as I'm recovering from a million winter viruses!). Music: Top Jimmy, by Van Halen

People in this episode

Host: John Andersen

Guest: Kristen Chang

Topics covered

• sports nutrition
• ultrarunning
• training
• 50k
• hydration

Keywords

• sports nutrition
• ultrarunning
• training run
• hydration
• 50k

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Van Halen

Books & works: Top Jimmy

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