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Training for any running event requires a good amount of planning. “Nutrition plays a very important part along with physical training for Endurance athletes. For example, endurance athletes weighing 65 kg would need to consume 91 grams of protein daily to support their endurance exercise.” Key micronutrients like iron help your blood transport oxygen to your working muscles. Jham also cautions that nutrition for endurance athletes depends on several factors like the type of sport, duration, and level of competition each. Bindra adds that most high endurance athletes use carbohydrate loading as a nutrition regimen a few days prior to the event.

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