How to Eat Correctly for a Half-Marathon

Video Transcript

"Hello. My name is Carlos Davila and I am a personal trainer in New York City. In this clip we are going to talk about proper eating when preparing for a half-mile marathon. The main things you want to focus on is having a long term view of your eating habits before you actually partake in the marathon. You want to make sure that your diet is properly proportioned with carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Ideally you want to have a diet that is about fifty-five percent carbohydrates, thirty percent fat, and about fifteen percent protein. Again, you want to make sure to go to a nutritionist to get specific nutritional plans for you, but you want to use these generally less principles for training for a half marathon. Also, the night before the marathon you want to make sure that you carb up. You want to get as much carbs in your system as possible the night before so that you have these carbs to burn off on the day of the half marathon. Generally, a good pass of fish or chicken will facilitate this particular need. So once again to reiterate, you want to focus on having a balanced diet that is going to allow you to burn off calories on the day of the half marathon and maintain your dietary needs. Once again, this is Carlos Davila, personal trainer, New York City."