TRAIL TIP #1: WHY WOMEN SHOULD RUN IN A FASTED STATE

It’s common for many women to get up in the morning, throw back some black coffee and head out for a run in a fasted state. While men can get away with this, for women this can lead to a host of problems incuding hormonal disruption, low energy availability which can decrease performance and recovery, muscle breakdown, cortisol spikes and more. Sounds pretty terrrible doesn’t it? We have heard from our campers that they feel like they can’t run with food in their stomach but like so many aspects of training, we can also train our guts!

We recommend starting with even just half a banana and a little bit of nut butter or simply add some milk to your coffee. We aren’t talking about a four egg omelette here! Just something with carbs that will take you out of the fasted state and prepare you for your run ahead. There are several topics within this tip that we can break down and will but not today :)

SO, if you have always run fasted, just start small and have a little something before your runs and notice how you feel during and afterwards. Remember, this isn’t a full breakfast so make sure to eat your normal brekky within an hour of finishing your workout. A fed athelete is an athlete that can recover an adapt to become a better runner and that can’t happen without food.