nutrition
My first running holiday announced! 3 spaces left
I’m excited to announce my first running camp - Running Well with Sam Murphy - a week-long running holiday taking place in the stunning French Alps from June 8th to 14th 2013 organised by Adventures in the Alps. As well as providing the opportunity for some really focused training, you’ll also get to relax and enjoy the beautiful scenery and […]
London marathon tips - the final 24 hours
The big day is almost here… you should be resting up today with your kitbag packed, your race strategy clear, your muscles fully loaded with glycogen and your nerves under control (or almost!) Here are 5 things NOT to do before the gun goes off to start the race of your life. Don’t overdrink. It’s […]
London marathon tips - 3 days to go!
There are three more days until race day - so let the carb loading begin! Carb loading can be as ‘scientific’ or as informal as you like: at the scientific end of the spectrum, you’d be looking to consume approximately 10g of carbohydrate per kg of your body weight each day for the next 3 […]
Using caffeine for sports performance
There is little doubt that caffeine can have a beneficial effect on endurance running performance. But there’s more to getting a performance boost than glugging down a pre-race coffee. “A dose of around 3mg of caffeine per kg body weight is needed to have an ergogenic effect in endurance exercise,” says sports dietician Ruth McKean. […]
Being overweight makes mental muscle flabby too…
Here is a controversial study, if ever I saw one. Research presented last week at Neuroscience 2012, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, suggests that being obese appears to compromise cognitive function. In the study, conducted jointly by Carnegie Mellon and Pittsburgh Universities, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to image the brains […]