Provisions for Peaking by Eleanor Baker, MS, RD, CSSD Autumn Harvest from my friend's farm Howdy Reader, I walked through my friends large fruit and vegetable garden the other day and realized that in just a few weeks, so much had changed. Where once the passion fruit, fig and stone fruit trees were full, now pomegranates and apples have filled in where the others have gone dormant. The soft juicy flesh of summer bears way to the firmer hardier offerings of autumn. How has the focus and...

Provisions for Peaking by Eleanor Baker, MS, RD, CSSD How fascinating it is to be in the aid station and see how athletes from all over the world fuel for a very verty 100K (~60 mile) trail running race.🍱 Even between athletes from the same country their approach to fueling the race can be exceptionally different. From showing up with a bag of what one thinks will be enough for the run to having their nutrition fully dialed down to the gram.📈 Much like training, fueling strategies can...

Provisions for Peaking by Eleanor Baker, MS, RD, CSSD I moved to from Florida a few years back with big dreamy aspirations, one of them to become a professional surfer.... while I may have been quickly put in my place in the California line up, what I did find were the kelp beds. Shortly after settling into the west coast, I was invited to go free dive the dark and mysterious forests there that lie beneath the oceans surface. Being from the tropics, the ocean in California is much different...