Episode 114- Are You Fuelling Your Running Properly? Interview with Dietitian Bec Bennett

Send us Fan MailYou can have the perfect training plan, hit every long run and do all the right sessions — but are you actually fuelling your body to cope with it?In this episode, I’m joined by Australian dietitian and marathon runner Bec Bennett, who specialises in nutrition and fuelling for female runners over 40. Bec also shares her own powerful experience of unintentionally under-fuelling during marathon training, eventually developing a tibial stress fracture and being diagnosed with Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S). We discuss why runners can easily underestimate how much food they need, carbohydrates and endurance performance, fuelling long runs, training your gut for race day, weight loss during marathon training, protein and recovery, nutrition for women over 40, supplements, blood testing, bone health and exactly how Bec approaches her marathon nutrition.We also tackle the idea of “race weight” and why getting lighter isn't necessarily the route to becoming a better runner.Whether you're preparing for your first marathon or trying to improve your next one, this episode is a practical look at something runners often overlook:You don't just have to train for the work. You have to fuel the work.Support the show