Endurance Eating for Endurance Sports

Justin Gillette, who ran more than 20 marathons this year and has won 36 marathons so far, enjoys a big bowl of pasta with his wife the night before a race. (Justin Gillette)

Justin chomps on some frog legs.  (Justin Gillette)

Jan Hangen, who is a clinical nutrition specialist at Children’s Hospital in Boston, agrees, and cautions that eating healthy isn’t just a habit you can pick up right before the starting gun goes off.  “The most important thing a distance runner can do is have a consistent healthful diet throughout the year and not just during training season”. (Justin Gillette)