The Runner's Cookbook: More than 100 Delicious Recipes to Fuel Your Running

by Anita Bean

Whether you're training for an ultra-distance event or just looking to improve your performance as you jog in the park, this book will help you achieve your running goals.

This is the ultimate sports nutrition guide and cookbook for runners, packed with easy, delicious recipes and practical eating advice on how to prepare for 5k, 10k, half-marathons, marathons, and ultra-races. Find out what to eat before, during, and after your running sessions to get the most out of your training, with additional guidance on hydration, supplements, and how to optimize recovery from injury.

Enjoy more than 100 easy-to-prepare recipes--including breakfasts, salads, main meals, vegetarian main meals, desserts, and snacks--all nutritionally balance to help you go the extra mile and achieve your running goals.

Recipes include:
- Scrambled eggs with sweet potato hash browns and spinach
- Thai chicken curry with noodles
- Cinnamon cranberry granola bars
- Fish tacos with avocado and mango salsa
- Blackberry and hazelnut crumble

Genres: Nonfiction, Food

224 pages, Paperback

Published March 6, 2018

Reviews

[MissBecka Gee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Since the author enjoys a good run & has a nutritional background there are lots of helpful tips to optimize your runs.
It's called the Runner's Cookbook, but the recipes are really for anyone who enjoys healthy & delicious food.
Of the recipes I have tried (so far) my favourites were the Turkey Pilaf & the Cherry recovery drink.
Totally something I would recommend to everyone!

[Max · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great introductory book on eating & running. Short, easy to read chapters containing the essential information. The book also has nice drawings and photos. The recipes are nice, healthy, a lot of vegetarian options (easy to make vegan). For me, there are too many different ingredients, but I'm lazy, so that is highly personal. Great book for beginner runners especially, not exactly for the recipes but more for the first half which explains all you need to know around food & running.

[Chrystopher’s Archive · Rating 3 out of 5]

Snow peas. They're snow peas.

[Liz]

I read the intro to this, and the general nutrition advice it provides for running various distances seems solid. Can't give it a rating though, as I haven't tried any of the recipes. I suspect a lot of folks with digestive difficulties would struggle to make use of these recipes, laden as they are with dried fruit, legumes and the like.

[Maria P · Rating 4 out of 5]

This isn’t just a recipe book as it contained a whole 2 sections at the beginning on how to fuel for a run. So I classed it as a Good Reads book as I wanted to take in that information and not just use it as a casual reference book. I found the information really helpful and will hopefully utilise it to help my runs in 2023. There was quite a bit of repetition however, but it was probably helpful to keep in mind the way to fuel and drink fluids. The recipes look good and I look forward to making some!

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

The front section which details how to fuel running is useful and practical without being too technical.
The recipes that follow are easy to prepare, use ingredients that you can actually find, and most importantly are delicious