Commercial energy products cost $2-4 per 100 calories and contain ingredients you can’t pronounce. Meanwhile, homemade ultra running energy foods deliver superior nutrition, better taste, and 90% cost savings using…

You nail your nutrition for 50 miles, consuming 60-70g carbs per hour like clockwork. Then somewhere around mile 50-60, your stomach revolts. Nothing stays down. You can’t absorb carbohydrates, forcing…

You’ve trained for months, tapered perfectly, and laid out every piece of race gear. Then you destroy all that preparation with pre-race carb loading mistakes that leave you bloated, sluggish,…

The sweet potato vs energy gel debate divides ultra running communities into passionate camps. Energy gel advocates cite convenience and precise carbohydrate delivery. Real food enthusiasts swear by the sustained…

Carbohydrate timing in ultra marathons isn’t just about how much you consume—it’s about when. The metabolic demands and pacing strategies vary dramatically between a 4-hour 50K and a 24-hour 100-miler,…