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Health and Fitness for Marathon Runners
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Having and maintaining a good diet and avoiding injury are important for any marathon runner.
Eating properly will allow your body to perform at its peak condition. Similarly, avoiding injury will greatly
assit your efforts to reach the finish line and achieve a good time.
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Marathon Runners Diet
Drinking beer, eating chips and snacking on crisps and chocolate are examples of foods
we all enjoy. Unfortunately they can also slow the efforts of any runner, hindering training, resulting in
poorer times than expected and, on occasion, unfinished races. To train for months and have a disappointing end
to a marathon is devastating. Good diet will help avoid upset.
1. Carbohydrate, Proteins and Fat
Make sure you eat the right amount and types of food. For many this will mean eating less fat and more carbohydrates.
2. Vitamins, Minerals and Supplements
Vitamins, minerals and other supplements will complement your diet and help prevent and cure injuries.
3. Fluid Intake
Water is an obvious requirement when running. But what about alcohol during times of training or high energy and
caffeine drinks?
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Training Injuries - avoiding and coping
Most runners suffer injury at one time or other. Sore knees, strained ankles, torn muscles and shin splints are a few
examples of the injuries that marathon runners endure.
1. Athlete's Foot
So-called becuase it affects many runners. Athelete's foot is scaly, dry skin on the bottom of your foot.
2. Sprained Ankle
A common athletic injury, affecting approximately 25,000 people in the USA every year.
3. Shin Splints
Medically referred to as medial tibial stress syndrome, shin splints is an inflammation of the lower leg bone, also known as the tibia or shin.
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