Description
Book SynopsisOver 100 delicious meal ideas from bestselling nutritionist Anita Bean, packed with healthy foods and nutrition advice to fuel your running.
This is the ultimate sports nutrition guide and cookbook for runners, packed with easy, delicious recipes and practical eating advice on how to prepare for 5k, 10k, half-marathons, marathons, and ultra-races. Find out what to eat before, during, and after your running sessions to get the most out of your training, with additional guidance on hydration, supplements, and how to optimize recovery from injury.
Enjoy more than 100 easy-to-prepare recipes--including breakfasts, salads, main meals, vegetarian main meals, desserts, and snacks--all nutritionally balanced to help you go the extra mile and achieve your running goals.
Recipes include:
- Scrambled eggs with sweet potato hash browns and spinach
- Thai chicken curry with noodles
- Cinnamon cranberry granola bars
- Fish tacos with avocado and mango salsa
Trade Review
This book delivers brilliant, easy-to-digest advice. Anita’s tips and recipes are spot on – whether you’re running one mile or 26.2! * London Marathon Events *
Anita's latest running book is set to motivate and help runners of all levels improve their nutritional knowledge as well as their cooking skills… Anita guides you through optimal recovery, hydration, nutritional health through injury, as well as information on supplements and more. * Outdoor Fitness *
Bean is a first-class nutritionist and the recipes are peppered with nutritional and hydration tips, supplements and the kind of foods you need to eat to enhance recovery or speed up return following injury * Athletics Weekly *
An essential purchase…nutritionally bulletproof advice. Easy, delicious and not just for runners. * Coach magazine *
excellent -- Nick Harris-Fry * Coach magazine *
Book of the month * Women's Own Lifestyle *
Part nutrition guide, part cookbook, the recipes are simple, come with extensive nutritional information, and are tailored to a typical runner’s lifestyle, meaning they’re genuinely quick to whip up and will keep you going and going. * The Glasgow Herald *
The recipes are simple, come with extensive nutritional information, and are tailored to a typical runner's lifestyle. * Scotland on Sunday *
Anita's book will show you how to get the energy and nutrients you need to train harder, increase your stamina and strength, perform better and recover more efficiently. -- Christina Macdonald * Women's Running *
covers everything from before, during and after training- with in-depth looks at how different foods will benefit you in different ways, giving you the tools to design your own diet. * Outdoor Fitness *
Table of Contents
Foreword Introduction Part one: How to eat like a runner Calculate your Calorie Needs Carbohydrate Protein Fat Eat a Rainbow of Colours Hydration Running and Weight Loss Recovery from Injury Sports Nutrition Products and Supplements Part two: Fuelling your run Before a Run During a Run After a Run Fuelling for Different Distances Fuelling for a 5K Fuelling for a 10K Fuelling for a half-marathon Fuelling for a marathon Fuelling for an ultra race Part 3: Recipes Breakfasts Salads Soups Main Meals Vegetarian Main Meals Desserts Snacks Smoothies and Recovery Drinks Recipe Index References Index
