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The marathon: Dietary manipulation to optimize performance

Exercise Physiology Laboratory, Department of Physical Education, The University of Texas at Austin

David L. Costill, PhD

Human Performance Laboratory, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana

Despite pronounced involvement of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems during the marathon, the lim iting factor for this event revolves around the supply and utilization of intramuscular and extramuscular fuel reserves. The single most consistently observed factor contributing to fatigue at work intensities selected by marathon runners is the depletion of muscle's endog enous carbohydrate, glycogen. Dietary manipulations which reduce the rate of muscle glycogen degradation will, therefore, spare this important fuel and delay fa tigue. The purpose of this paper will be to review dietary factors which are pertinent to fuel utilization in order to optimize marathon performance.

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