Endurance Sports Nutrition - Softcover

Eberle, Suzanne Girard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1450432158 ISBN 13: 9781450432153

Publisher: Human Kinetics, 2013

Synopsis

Endurance Sports Nutrition will guide you in selecting the optimal foods, drinks, and supplements so you can train longer, recover more quickly, avoid injuries, and achieve your performance goals in any endurance endeavor.

Sports dietitian and former elite runner Suzanne Girard Eberle presents a fueling program that addresses the unique concerns of endurance athletes:

- Road and trail running, from 5K to 100+ miles

- Cycling and mountain biking, from time trials to multiday rides

- Duathlon and triathlon, from sprint to Ironman

- Winter sports, from Nordic ski races to mountain ascents

- Water sports, including rowing and open-water swimming

- Environmental conditions, including extreme temperatures and high altitude

The third edition includes meal planning recommendations for vegetarian athletes and those with food allergies and intolerances as well as profiles, advice from elite endurance athletes, and strategies for avoiding the most common pitfalls of training. Endurance Sports Nutrition will fuel your best performance.

About this title

From the Publisher:

"Suzanne Girard Eberle’s book Endurance Sports Nutrition is the most comprehensive book I’ve read on the topic of nutrition for endurance athletes. It is filled with scientific research as well as practical, everyday tips. Everyone from the weekend warrior to the elite endurance athlete could benefit from reading this book. I only wish it had been written before I started running ultramarathons. Unfortunately, I had to learn many of the lessons in this book through trial and error."

Ann Trason World record holder in the 40, 50, and 100 mile; 100 km; and 12-hour runs Ten-time women’s winner of Western States 100 mile Endurance Run

"Suzanne’s Endurance Sports Nutrition book is not only interesting to read but will be used as your reference guide as well. She offers helpful suggestions that make it easy to eat right and perform at your best."

Sara Ballantyne 1998 winner of the Eco-Challenge Adventure Race (TeamVail) 1990 and 1991 World Cup Cross Country Mountain Bike champion

"Finally, a comprehensive yet easy-to-understand guide, written by an athlete for athletes. Endurance Sports Nutrition takes the mystery and guesswork out of fueling the ultimate machine—the human body."

Keith Brantly Seven-time USATF national roadracing champion

"Many athletes believe that success in endurance sports is only about training and mental toughness; however, an athlete’s diet is paramount to success and overall health. Suzanne Girard Eberle has created an exhaustive reference for athletes wanting to maximize their performance through sound nutrition. She presents the science behind sports nutrition in a way that is easy to understand and she provides many practical suggestions for food choices. The personal experiences that professional athletes share throughout the book add an important human component to sports nutrition. These athletes are very candid about sharing what did and didn’t work in their events relating to food and sports nutrition products. This book is the sports nutrition bible for endurance athletes."

Laurie Brandt Hauptmann Three-time Colorado State mountain bike champion Four-time winner of the Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race

About the Author:

Suzanne Girard Eberle, MS, RDN, CSSD, is a board-certified sports dietitian and Intuitive Eating coach who counsels active people of all shapes, sizes, and athletic abilities on mastering high-performance eating habits. She’s a lifelong carrot cake connoisseur, too. Girard Eberle’s first career was as an elite professional runner. She’s a USA Track and Field 5,000-meter champion with a mile PR of 4:28, and she represented the United States on three national teams. Today, she includes competitive road cycling and hiking among her favorite sports. Girard Eberle has reached the summits of Mount Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps, and Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. In her next life, she plans to be a sport psychologist and further her passion of assisting disordered eaters and compulsive exercisers in reestablishing a positive relationship with food and their bodies.

Girard Eberle is currently serving as the first-ever nutrition columnist for Coach and Athletic Director magazine. She also has been a contributing editor for Running Times, and her articles and nutrition advice have appeared in USA Today, Newsweek, Runner’s World, Environmental Nutrition, Men’s Fitness, Self, Shape, Women’s Running, and Marathon & Beyond. As an adjunct professor at Portland State University, she taught sports nutrition through the School of Chemistry. Her client list includes Columbia Sportswear, Intel, Multnomah Athletic Club, Nike, Portland Timbers Soccer Academy, and Oregon Beef Council.

Girard Eberle is the founder of Eat, Drink, Win! She holds a master’s degree with distinction in nutrition from Boston University. She is a longtime member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Academy for Eating Disorders, and SCAN (Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutrition). Girard Eberle is an invited member of the United States Olympic Committee Sport Dietitian Network as well as a former SCAN representative to the Female Athlete Triad Coalition.

Girard Eberle lives and plays in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, John, and her whippet, Asa Babu.

About this edition

• Publisher: Human Kinetics
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1450432158
• ISBN 13: 9781450432153
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 392