4 Tips to Combat Marathon (Or Half Marathon!) Training Hunger
Right before running my first marathon , I wrote a post about why I was gaining weight during my training. I didn’t sign up for a marathon to necessarily lose weight, but I sure as heck didn’t think I would gain weight, especially since I was running so much. In the end, I was consuming more calories than my body needed, so I was about 10 pounds heavier on marathon day. When I trained for my second marathon , I didn’t quite gain 10 pounds, but it was pretty close. By the time I ran the Boston Marathon , my third marathon, I finally figured things out. Apparently, third time’s a charm, so be sure to check out what worked for me and why I didn’t gain any weight . On the recent CNC survey, a number of people made comments and asked questions about how to combat hunger while training for a marathon or half marathon. Hunger (or “runger”) is REAL when it comes to training for endurance events, but “combat” probably isn’t the right word. When you are spending so much time on your feet, lo