Can removing carbs completely from your training diet improve your running? Check out this NY Post article. How do you train for your half or full marathon. Remember the idea of carb-loading? Apparently, there may be a counterpoint to this method that yields better results, better times and more energy to use to complete your runs. Dr. Stephen Phinney, who co-authored “The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance” and has spent decades studying the diets of endurance athletes believes that research supports a ketogenic diet is better than a carbohydrate heavy diet when it comes to running. Check out the article here How cutting carbs completely made me a better runner By Joe Kemp March 16, 2018 Take those carbs and shove it. Finishing the United NYC Half Marathon with a personal record on Sunday is going to take more for me than the dozens of training miles I’ve logged every week — the key, I hope, is cutting carbohydrates from my diet. Now, I know what you’re thinking: running and carbs go together like spaghetti and marinara sauce. But there’s a growing body of research suggesting those pre-race pasta dinners were really just slowing me down. “We humans have very diverse metabolic capacities,” says Dr. Stephen Phinney, who co-authored “The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance” and has spent decades studying the diets of endurance athletes. Read more