WRIT 1133 Chapter Notes - Chapter Project #1: Adventure Racing, Online Writing Lab, Ron Hill
31 May 2016
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Burke, louise m. nutrition strategies for the marathon fuel for training and racing. sports. Carbohydrate loading helps a marathon runner overcome the fatigue in the latter stage of a race. Commonly called hitting the wall , this is due to the lack of glycogen stores in the body. Scientists have discovered that in the final days before a competition, an endurance athlete must taper their exercise and have a carbohydrate intake of 10-12 g/kg/day over the 36- 48 hours prior to the event (burke 344). Whereas sports nutrition guidelines state that the amount of carbohydrates lost during a training session must be restored, in contrast, training with low glycogen stores is no longer considered beneficial and may even impair performance. Sources referred to in this review article are studies undertaken in the 1960s, reports by. Scandinavian sports scientists, and practices by 1969 european champion ron hill, and a study done in europe bussau et al.
