Calories, few pounds do matter to dedicated endurance athletes

 
By Sam McManis
Published: February 9, 2010

If there is one population subgroup that doesn’t need to worry about weight, it’s endurance athletes, right?

These dedicated cyclists and runners, swimmers and rowers burn calories like human furnaces. Carbohydrates fuel their fire and, if they worry at all, it’s about running on empty during training. It’s become a cliche for a marathoner to answer the inevitable why-do-you-run question with a ...


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