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Science-backed running nutrition and training for endurance runners
Improve your running performance with science-backed insights on exercise science and sports nutrition.
Informed by experimental and empirical evidence. Researched and written by Thomas Solomon, PhD.
For marathon runners, trail runners, ultra runners, obstacle course racers, and endurance athletes.
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All content on Veohtu is meticulously researched and written by me, Dr. Thomas Solomon. I'm a PhD scientist, an ACSM-certified Exercise Physiologist, and a UKVRN-registered nutritionist. I bring academic rigour and practical experience to help marathon runners, trail runners, ultra runners, obstacle course racers, and endurance athletes optimise their training and nutrition.
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My advice is, and always will be, based on my own views and opinions shaped by the scientific evidence available.
Featured articles for runners and endurance athletes
Explore some of my most popular articles and resources.
Learn whether a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) will help athletes improve their nutritional choices, training, and performance, or not.
Learn about the different kinds of heat acclimation and whether it can help improve your performance on race day.
A resource to help you make informed decisions in choosing recovery approaches that work and ignoring those that don't.
Nutrition
How to fuel with carbs during running
Learn why carbs are the key to endurance running performance, and learn how and when to use them.
Learn what a low-carb diet vs. a high-carb diet does to training adaptations and whether a low-carb diet improves running performance.
Endurance Performance Nerd Alerts
Bite-sized summaries of cutting-edge, hot off-the-press research findings in exercise and nutritional science.
Training Tools
Educational and practical tools for marathon runners, trail runners, ultra runners, obstacle course racers, and endurance athletes.
Training Plans
Structured and periodized training plans for strength training, trail running, 5k racing, parkruns, OCR racing, and more.
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