Performance and nutrition education for endurance athletes from Thomas Solomon PhD.

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Depending on which half of our globe you reside, as you approach the summer learn how to stay cool and how to heat acclimate... or, as you a...

Training and racing in the heat and cold.

Each month we compile a short-list of recently-published papers in the world of running science and break them into bite-sized chunks so you...

Running research nerd alert. September 2021.

If you want to understand the physiology of water and electrolyte balance and examine what we know about hydration, then check out Part 1 of...

What you can do to manage your hydration on race day — Nuances, practicalities, and logistics.

Electrolytes! Sodium! Stay hydrated! Great Scott, how many more companies will stuff “hydration” potions down our face to keep us more “hydr...

Hydration during exercise. What we don’t know — The salty dilemma with sodium.

In Part 1 of this series, I discussed what we know about hydration. Of course, for hydration, just like many things in life, there is a lot ...

What we aren’t sure about hydration during exercise — Debate and controversies.

Welcome to a 4-part deep-dive series on #hydration. ...

What we know about hydration — Fundamental physiology.

If you have followed this series, you know why you should consider establishing high carbohydrate availability by glycogen loading before yo...

Putting it into practice — Understanding how you can maintain high carbohydrate availability.

by Thomas Solomon PhD and Matt Laye PhD....

You know how much fuel is stored in your body (if you don’t, read Part 1). You know how your muscles burn fuel during exercise (if you don’t...

Understanding why you should consider maintaining high carbohydrate availability during a race… and whether doing so will improve performance.

Now you know that your relatively tiny and finite glucose stores — muscle and liver glycogen — eventually get critically low during prolonge...

Understanding how to establish a high carbohydrate availability before a race.

Part 3 of my performance nutrition series......

Understanding how long your stored fuel allows your body to go.

My series on performance nutrition continues......

Understanding how your muscles use stored fuel to produce energy.

I previously went deep into nutritional manipulations for your training ( but now it is time to think about how to maximise your performance...

New article out now: 
Understanding how much fuel is available in your body to produce energy.

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A ground-breaking advance in nutritional products that will boost your performance.

Running research nerd alert. February 2021.

Running research nerd alert. January 2021.

Dogs truly are fatigue-resisting marvels — you will never outperform your (sled-pulling) dog!...

A dog is for life not just for Christmas.