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The 10 Best Recovery Foods for Runners
What you eat after a long, hard run has a big impact on how well you recover and how hard you can run the next day. “Eating well after endurance exercise is important for a few reasons,” says Tommy...
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How Skinny Are the Top Tour de France Riders, Really?
In short, very. “If you took one of these racers and you presented him to a normal doctor, without telling the doctor that this rider had just been in the Tour de France, the doctor would think he was...
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A Day in Food at the Tour de France
The Tour de France is one of the most punishing endurance event on earth. Twenty-three days and nearly 2,200 miles long, it’s akin to running a marathon every day for nearly three straight weeks. No...
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How the Tour de France Diet Has Changed Over the Decades
Jens Voigt can tell you all about long, repetitive stage races and how much food it takes to survive them. In his 18 years as a pro, Voigt raced in 17 editions of the Tour de France, winning three...
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Can Beet Root Really Make You Faster?
By now you’ve probably heard about the wonders of beet juice. Give it a quick Google search and you'll see that it can improve stamina, increase blood flow, lower blood pressure, and make you exercise...
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Why Are All These Haters Piling on Granola?
Like Donald Trump and Pokémon Go, granola is one of those things that everyone has an opinion about. No sooner have you poured yourself a pre-workout bowl when your super-fit, super-smug colleague...
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Not Everyone Should Be Doing the Bonk Workout
The bonk run (or ride) is a workout both feared and revered in some elite endurance training circles. The general idea behind it is this: you work out sans carbs, like going for a morning run without...
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Can the Right Cup Turn Water into Coke?
What if you could turn sparkling water into Coke? That’s the idea behind a new product that’s racked up $225,935 on Indiegogo—more than 4.5 times its original goal. The Right Cup is advertised as a...
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Does Working Out In the Cold Burn More Calories?
There’s something about plowing powder all day that makes you think: I’ve definitely earned fondue tonight. Winter weather has the effect of making you crave hearty winter fare. But do sub-zero...
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How to Prep Your Meals Like a Pro Triathlete
After you finish my 100-mile bike ride you'll eat a salad with grilled chicken and quinoa, you told yourself. But here you are standing in the kitchen, still in Lycra, polishing off that Costco-sized...
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The 10 Best Recovery Foods for Runners
What you eat after a long, hard run has a big impact on how well you recover and how hard you can run the next day. “Eating well after endurance exercise is important for a few reasons,” says Tommy...
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How Skinny Are the Top Tour de France Riders, Really?
In short, very. “If you took one of these racers and you presented him to a normal doctor, without telling the doctor that this rider had just been in the Tour de France, the doctor would think he was...
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A Day in Food at the Tour de France
The Tour de France is one of the most punishing endurance event on earth. Twenty-three days and nearly 2,200 miles long, it’s akin to running a marathon every day for nearly three straight weeks. No...
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How the Tour de France Diet Has Changed Over the Decades
Jens Voigt can tell you all about long, repetitive stage races and how much food it takes to survive them. In his 18 years as a pro, Voigt raced in 17 editions of the Tour de France, winning three...
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Can Beet Root Really Make You Faster?
By now you’ve probably heard about the wonders of beet juice. Give it a quick Google search and you'll see that it can improve stamina, increase blood flow, lower blood pressure, and make you exercise...
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Why Are All These Haters Piling on Granola?
Like Donald Trump and Pokémon Go, granola is one of those things that everyone has an opinion about. No sooner have you poured yourself a pre-workout bowl when your super-fit, super-smug colleague...
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The Definitive Superfood Ranking
Food marketers know that if they call their product a superfood, it’s sure to sell. Take quinoa, for example. In the early aughts, when the ancient grain first became trendy, quinoa prices tripled in...
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How Pete Kostelnick Ate 13,000 Calories a Day While Running Across America
In the fall of 2016, Pete Kostelnick, a 29-year-old financial analyst from Lincoln, Nebraska, broke the record for crossing the country on foot, running from San Francisco to New York City in just over...
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The Case for Cheating on Your Diet
When it comes to dieting for weight loss or performance, cheating is normal—condoned, even. Pro cyclist Phil Gaimon says cheat days—or the one time per week when you can eat what you want, when you...
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Should You Take a Food-Sensitivity Test?
When I run fast, I have to poop. It’s pretty much a given, and it’s quite maddening. Every PR effort I make is thwarted by a stop in a Porta-Potty, and while I’ve always made it to that blue plastic...
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