Fuel Form

Endurance and especially ultra-endurance events are very popular among recreational athletes. While many are satisfied with accomplishments of completing the event, other strive to finish in the fastest possible time without sustaining an injury.  To achieve this goal they need to manage the decline in performance, as the event progress power production will decrease, rating of fatigue and pain will increase, while skill and cognitive ability also goes down.  Many of the decrements in performance can be countered by optimizing nutrition. What you eat or drink before an event can reduce or delay the onset of specific factors which can acutely reduce performance. One nutrition practice would be the pre-event…