139: "Why Am I Eating So Much?"

I often get some question about the amount of food an athlete needs to eat when training for an ultra - either "Why am I always hungry?" or "Do I really need to eat this much?" While there are a large range of responses to this, it makes sense that you'd have to eat a lot in a big training cycle - and not just on your heavy training days. In this video I broke down why with some basic math, using myself as an example. ----- Links: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠50k Training Plan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠ ----- Want to be able to ask your own questions for this podcast or watch the video? Head to the Trail & Ultra Running Training group on FB: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/trailultratraining⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thank you for listening!