She Runs Eats Performs

Perimenopause and Performance

Perimenopause is a natural life phase, however it’s one where female hormones (especially oestrogen) are fluctuating and that can lead to wide ranging symptoms which may…

Does Dehydration Impair Exercise Performance?

Do you pay attention to your fluid intake? Do you find you sometimes forget to drink? Have you ever thought about what impact your hydration levels may ha…

Love Your Liver

There is much more to liver function than just processing alcohol and storing glycogen. The liver metabolises alcohol and medication, it makes fat soluble vitamins (A,D,E,K), it helps …

TRE and running performance

Time-Restricted Eating (TRE) is well known for promoting general health and wellbeing, but have you ever considered introducing it to support your running performance? In t…

Healthy Fast Food For Runners

Runners often feel they don’t have TIME to prepare and cook. We really understand how frustrating this is and we’d love you to have a healthy food plan to support energy …

Food For.....Hormonal Balance and Running

Hormonal balance may reduce both PMS and menstrual symptoms at any life phase of a woman which includes peri menopause and menopause – and as runners that’s a…

The WHY of Sports Nutrition

Do you ever ask yourself the question “Why do I need to bother about Sports Nutrition for my running?” 

Do you ever think about what you eat and if it is helping or hinderin…

Blood Sugar Balance for Female Runners

Blood Sugar Balance is a foundational part of great health and if not in balance may lead towards many healthy concerns. As female runners there are 3 areas whic…

Beetroot for Running Performance

Do you like beetroot? Have you thought about using it strategically to enhance your running performance? 

In today’s episode we discuss the nitrate compounds within bee…

Managing Menstrual Cycle and YOUR Running Performance

As female runners if we understand what is happening in each of menstrual phases during each month, we can adapt and adjust our training plans and…

FOOD FOR … STRESS

Running, especially long distance/endurance running is a stressor to the body, which is often associated with GI distress. GI distress is an area we discuss in detail in Ep3 when dis…

2020 Review

We thought rather than a nutrition topic this week we'd do a bit of a review this year, it’s nice to take time to reflect on the year and in particular some of the subject areas we have c…

FOOD FOR….. POST TRAINING

From a health and nutritional view point as a runner, our aims post training includes efficient recovery so we are nourished and energised ready for the next training session…

FOOD FOR….. DURING TRAINING

The key strategy behind eating during training is to maintain glucose/glycogen levels, so the types of foods you eat are VERY important. This is where quick release, glucos…

FOOD FOR…..PRE-TRAINING

From a health and nutritional view point as a runner, our aim is to ensure we are fuelling our bodies appropriately to maintain our performance throughout the run….but also to …

Pressing The Pause Button

This is not our usual weekly episode. 

We explain why we are pressing the pause button on releasing episodes for the next two to three weeks. We will be back though on Thursda…

FOOD FOR…….SLEEP

Sleep is important for a runner BUT for it to be restorative, optimal sleep needs to be in place CONSISTENTLY. So, in this episode of our FOOD FOR….SPOTLIGHT SERIES we discuss 4 foods…

Food For ... Metabolism

As runners our aim is to maintain optimal metabolism and metabolic rate to support our running performance as well as our body composition. Nutrition (and exercise) are central…

FOOD FOR... Gut Healing

As runners we want our digestive system to be in optimal health to help prevent digestive distress, which is known to affect many runners and could lead to compromised running …

FOOD FOR ...... Winter Running

From a health and nutritional view point our winter health aims (as a runner) are to protect against winter infections, support the immune function and promote circulati…