By Mark Dilworth, BA, PES, CPT
If you get “too skinny” as a result of your workouts, then you’re over-training and/or not eating enough! Marathon, half-marathon, and triathlon competitors take note: Being “rail thin” does not look good and is also unhealthy for you! Back off, or taper, your training and take good care of yourself!
I’ve seen more than one friend over-train for these events and literally “run themselves into the ground” with the following situations:
1. Repetitive stress injuries, like plantar fasciitis, runner’s knee, shin splints, and achilles tendonitis.
2. Poor food intake. Common sense would indicate that athletes need to eat more because they’re burning calories like crazy during their training.
Marathoners, swimmers, and tri-athletes need high amounts of daily carbohydrates, which amounts to about 3.5 to 4.5 grams per pound of body weight. So, a 180-pound athlete would need 630 to 810 grams of carbohydrates per day…….
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