Best fuel for trail & ultra races (eat like a pro! Advice from Emelie Forsberg & more pros)
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
- What are the best things to eat before, during and after a trail running race or ultra? And what's the weirdest food you can get at an aid station?
Last month I was at the Pikes Peak Marathon in Colorado interviewing some of the world’s best mountain athletes about their race nutrition strategies, including race winner Dakota Jones, Skyrunning champion Emelie Forsberg and coaches Max King and Sage Canaday.
Also in this film, find out which food Emelie really didn’t like, plus, I meet two regular American racers who blew my mind with their food choices. I still don’t really know if they’re joking or not, so if you do, let me know in the CZcams comments below this film.
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Nachos, Candy, and Beer.
" Courtney Dauwalter "
Pickle juice is super common and is available at many ultra aid stations here in the USA. In fact, it is easy to find individual shot sized bottles for sale at running/biking shops. Mustard, strange. The BEST thing I take for cramps is Tums antacid tablets, about 1,000 - 1,500 mg per hour after the first hour or two. My eating strategy during an ultra is, eat anything that looks remotely appealing, my body craves what it needs. (But yes, try a variety of things in training so you know what to avoid.)
both pickles/pickle juice and mustard are excellent electrolyte sources, i also do pickled beats/juice.. as it also opens up the veins as the beats are also a vasodilator. spicy pickled beans would be fun too.. something different but good.
I did pikes peak last year too, going to double this year. great info on nutrition
Great video Claire. I am not a Gel lover and prefer real food, peanut butter on cut squared white bread, baby food direct from the pouch to suck out when running. Banana when you can get one is tops and also coconut milk! Tuna rolls when aid stations do them very welcome. So many nights before a race I have been in a strange place with no restaurants so it ends up being what you can get.
Amazing video!Thank You:))
Just stumbled on this video at the right time as i have 3 ultras coming up starting next sunday!! I've always had porridge but the night b4 im a burger & chips kinda guy so will shift that to pasta! Love your video's!! Keep up the good work 👍
Keep it porridge for race morning though. Adding a banana gives a decent glycemic spread. During the race eat before you think you need to. Your body can only be fuelled for 90 minutes of hard exercise so During the race eat at least once an hour.
Super surprised to see Sage Canaday! Love that guy’s videos too ❤️
Hello Claire, I've used pickle juice in a marathon before; although it didn't agree with my stomach. There was an aid with about 15 liters of it in a bucket, just ladling it into cups for anyone. Mustard, I've never done but it sounds right containing vinegar, mustard, and turmeric. My bartender days can attest that Jameson with a pickle juice chaser is a winner.
The thing I learned from this is try things and find what works best for you. I'm on the potato train. I love potatoes.
I really enjoyed this thank you x
Pickle juice has been offered at every bike race I have been at the last two years. Also pickle ice cream, pickle cupcakes and pickles soaked in koolaid
Thanks, this was really interesting! Are you going to be covering the final of the Golden Trail Series at the Otter Trail in South Africa?
Awesome! Wow, being there when Ricky Lightfoot broke the record must have been incredible! Yes, I will be there this year :D I'll only be participating in the Challenge (the 11 hour cut off), but I'll be watching the Run (the Golden Trail Series final with an 8 hour cut off) keenly straight afterwards :D
I want to hear more from those last two runners, they were brilliant! 😃
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
See you at the Ring of Steall! Looking forward to it a lot 😊 massive Bolognese night before, Kendal mint cake and banana loaf mainly during, works for me 😂
@@wildgingerruns hey! I was the final person in under 9 hours haha - long day for me! Still eating everything in sight to make up for lost calories 😂
Watching this eating porridge oats with low fat yogurt mixed with pumpkin seeds.
Pickle juice is the best! (whether racing or at home lol)
It does seem to be the case that ultra runners aren’t as strict on nutrition as other athletes 😂 Courtney Dauwalter says beer and nachos and she’s a machine!
Some people think the sour taste of pickles or mustard simulates nerves in the mouth to inhibit cramps, rather than salts per se. Regardless of why, never worked for me, but lots of people swear by them.
I do mustard packets all the time. Works great.
yep... mustard packs and pickle juice...
Pickle juice is a common thing in America. Mustard is a little bit extreme. Oh some people will have frozen pickle juice (pickle popsicle)
Trust me its not the diet. Most of them eat regular foods like avocado banana or peanut butter. Its the crazy super intens training. They train like champion.
Very very very good and important
Thank you!
That was a fun video
Thanks CT! Glad you liked it.
It is definitely an American thing to have pickle juice and mustard. lol
Pickle Juice is real. This is how the idea for gatorade came about. A University Football Team in Florida (which is very very hot and humid) used to have their players drink the juice from the barrel of pickles (It has tons of salt and other minerals in it that help you stay hydrated). They noticed that they were able to sustain better during practices and games. This team was the Florida Gators. Eventually a bunch of food scientists created gatorade ( plenty of salt and minerals to help you stay hydrated) as an ode to this teams way of staying hydrated
Gatorade is garbage but cute story. It's not salt and other minerals bro, it's sodium, calcium, magnesium and potassium! And all 4 are necessary!
I've been using Vega Hydrator forever for endurance cycling in Florida and I highly recommend it before and after for events 4 hrs or less and during for longer events.
Here in Japan they serve pickled plums at the aid stations. The flesh is very soft, nearly melting in your mouth, so you can easily spit out the pit. Its not only about the ingredients but also that your body is able to absorb the good stuff fast and easy. Like bananas, their fructose has to be broken down into glucose by the body first, so it will take time.
@@cyclingfreak56 so you wouldn't recommend it? Well nobody recommended gaatorade here
@@funkywarrior3906 Read the original story sport!
Pickle juice and Jameson!!! Now, as an Irish man I’m going to give that a shot!
It's the acetic acid in pickle juice and mustard that stops cramping, there's actually been studies done. I was wary of it when I first started, but it works wonders. Plus, if your body actually needs it, it tends not to taste as bad to you.
Always amazed at the amount of sugar, no one talks about healthy fats or MCT’s.
Its for racing so they are just shoving energy down them to run fast, no avocado mid-route I know, disappointing!
cheesecake the day before a big race. And Vegemite or Marmite on race morning (B vitamins help you use your energy stores 👍)
Yum!
Pringles...
how about with getting cramp so easily, need help for ultra run
Hey there, you need the info about avoiding cramp in this film from me here! czcams.com/video/hBUXnORxOps/video.html Thanks for watching! Claire
Here's me thinking it was going to be high fat diets for ultras
@@wildgingerruns cheers I will have a watch of that always interested in anything to do with nutrition.
Don't forget Apple cider vinegar, great for bringing the body into balance, whilst keeping the cramp away
Oh yes!
I have a few American Facebook friends who nearly all take pickle juice 🤢 Not heard of mustard though!
In the US "Pickles" or "Pickle Juice" always means pickled cucumbers.
Wow...the about of sugar is through the roof. Hopefully they don’t regret that later in life.
They instantly burn it.
@@TheCrazyCatHouse Before it touches their teeth.
Mustard...erm..nope...something with laxative qualities on a run is not for me ..that’s deffo a weird one. Heard of pickle juice for sugar cravings but can’t see it helping on a run. 🤢🤢🤢🤢
Pickle juice is amazing during an Ultra!
they're talking about American mustard, which is very mild and sweet. Don't try it with English mustard. It'll take your head off!!!!
Ahhhh! I did not realise this! lol!
1ST!!!
Sadly, I don't think those American people are joking. 😅
@@wildgingerruns mostly about the pickle juice! But also the mustard packets and whatnot 😂 too funny. But whatever works, right? 😂😂😂
Some diabetes risk taking in all that pure sugar. The insulin response
:)
omg you're so beautiful. I'm in love with you
@@wildgingerruns you, of course. Not to mention also how much you have inspired me to get into trail running
I’m carnivore
Good to know buddy!
Lol yeah you'll hate the american runners, I smoke during and eat a pizza or two before a big day. The day of is a bunch of black coffee and a huge dump, gu's sometimes but mostly dried fruit, meat or olives in small amounts all day.
Holy crap! I would never have thought there'd be so many clueless and misinformed Pro Runners?
Not at all! Look I'll admit when I was a 20 or 30 something athelite I used to get away with eating a lot of garbage ( nutrition 411 was very hard to come by 40 yrs ago too) however science of sport nutrition as well as nutrition in general has made crystal clear the connection between performance and proper nutrition. So I'm thinking how much better these people who cavalierly admit to eating whatever whenever would perform? Also if I were a sponsor of someone who didn't finish top 10 on a regular basis who brags on CZcams about not caring or not knowing the proper diet for a endurance athlete I'd be thinking about sponsoring someone who at least tries to eat right!
czcams.com/video/_ZxVoLHojws/video.html
This video is not any kind of comprehensive example of a sports nutrition program but there's many out there, I do my own research and so should everyone else. What I found particularly cringeworthy was hearing people who probably train more than I do being a old non sponsored athlete talk about not caring what they eat or much worse not knowing why they're eating.
I would also point anyone in doubt in Rich Roll's (CZcams Podcast) direction!
Couldn’t agree more. I was stunned.