What's new in marathon nutrition?

In this lecture, Dr Asker Jeukendrup discusses What’s new in marathon nutrition? Marathons can be won or lost in the portaloo toilets, with food and fluid often being the difference between setting a world record, a season’s best, or a personal best or falling short.

This lecture discusses the science behind hydrogel technology, provides an update on caffeine doses and timing, and outlines the possible use of CGM for fuelling strategies. It also answers popular questions, such as should we all be aiming for 120 g/hour? What are new strategies to reduce stomach issues? And more! This lecture is aimed at practitioners and athletes looking for the edge on race day, as well as students and scientists interested in the theoretical underpinning of nutrition recommendations.

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In this lecture, Asker Jeukendrup delves into the latest advances in marathon nutrition and outlines how new science can be put into practise.

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Sports science and sports nutrition is an ever evolving area. Keeping up with new research can be challenging, especially in a sport like marathon running where there are many different strategies for performance. In this lecture, Asker Jeukendrup highlights the most promising break throughs in nutrition for marathon running. Topics include hydrogel technology, caffeine dosing and timing, continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology, carbohydrate ratios and more! Spoiler alert: not all strategies 'work' and some only work under certain scenarios. Watch for an overview of what's new in marathon nutrition, and what new advances to look out for!

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Professor Asker Jeukendrup

Professor Asker Jeukendrup is one of the world’s leading sports nutritionists and exercise physiologist who spent most of his career as a professor at the University of Birmingham (UK) as Head of The Human Performance Laboratory. Currently he is a (visiting) professor at Loughborough University. He has authored 9 books and over 250 research papers and book chapters. During his career Asker has worked at the forefront of research as well as directly with athletes, including Olympic and World champions, Tour de France cyclists and Champions league football teams.

After many years of working at Universities, Asker accepted a position as the Global Senior Director of the Gatorade Sports Science Institute. At present he is the director of his own performance consulting business “Mysportscience”, and worked or works with a number of football clubs (including FC Barcelona, Chelsea, Red Bull Leipzig, Red Bull Saltzburg and PSV Eindhoven). He is head of performance nutrition of the Visma-Lease-a-bike pro cycling team and the Red Bull Athlete Performance Center, and Performance Manager of Nutrition for the Dutch Olympic team.

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