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No offense meant, but Runner's World is to the serious running community as the National Inquirer is to serious journalism. Sure, they get some interesting things right, but you don't go there to learn about running. They're very much into fads at Runners World, and fads get you hurt. There are no shortcuts in distance running, and some of the "tips" I've seen in there are downright unhealthy (the average person doesn't need to be doing repeat miles over hills at 95% capacity, which was something they featured for 10k runners about 15 years ago). Their advice on race tapering is the exact opposite of what the recent science says (most notably the NC State study).
Speaking directly to the page linked above, there's some good stuff in there (the fluids one wasn't bad, and the zuccini-parmesean recipe is something I'm going to try), but nutrition is something that they're leaching from other sources. As far as this discussion goes, it isn't bad or wrong that I can see, but I've never considered Runners World a great source of anything other than some interesting interviews. Then again I might actually be the running snob my wife accuses me of being.
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