Running Explained

Caffeine does it help or is it all made up?

The science suggests it makes you slightly faster and we go into all of that in this post.

I think it’s an important topic to talk about because I know a lot of runners don’t include caffeine in their pre run or even intra run fueling plan and that is a legal performance enhancer you might want to think about including.

We even chat about caffeine in an upcoming episode of the podcast and talk about timing it and how it works. You won’t want to miss that.

Yes you need to practice with caffeine as it can cause GI distress. But at least for myself I have included caffeine in long runs and races for a decade now so I can now add 1 SiS Nootropics gel into my race day fuel. That 200mg gel gives me such a boost of energy just when I need it.

At the end of the day do what works for you, but this post is just your friendly reminder that caffeine can be a performance boost for you if you want to add it in.

Are you doing strides yet? No? Well this is your sign.

They are the easiest thing you can add to your running today with the one of the biggest impacts on your fitness for not a lot of time spent.

Strides are short (15-20s) bursts of fast but relaxed running and they will help you sharpen your turnover, recruit fast twitch fibers and teach your legs what fast actually feels like. Without the fatigue cost from a real speed sessions.

It’s simple 4-8 of them, 1-2x a week after an easy run. That’s the whole hack.

Save this and start actually doing them!