Impact & Provenance
How to Avoid Bonking: A Bio-Analytical Endurance Guide
Recent clinical data suggests that as many as 70 per cent of endurance athletes encounter significant gastrointestinal distress during competition, a figure that highlights the systemic limitations...
Cycling Nutrition: Bio-Analytical Endurance Fuelling
The conventional reliance on synthetic, maltodextrin-heavy gels is often the primary catalyst for physiological failure during endurance events rather than the definitive solution to metabolic depl...
Ultramarathon Carbohydrate Intake Per Hour: A Clinical Fuelling Guide
Research confirms that over 93 percent of ultramarathon participants endure exercise-associated gastrointestinal symptoms, yet the average amateur athlete maintains a consumption rate of only 37 gr...
Bio-Analytical Fuelling Guide for NZ Trail Runners
The persistent reliance on synthetic, maltodextrin-heavy carbohydrate sources as the foundational nutrition for trail runners NZ remains a primary catalyst for systemic gastrointestinal distress an...
What Does Hitting the Wall Feel Like? The Science of Glycogen Depletion in Runners
The sensation commonly described as 'the wall' is not a mere failure of willpower; it is a sophisticated physiological preservation mechanism triggered by the central nervous system to prevent cata...
Half Marathon Fuelling Strategy: The Science of Using Honey for Peak Performance
The conventional reliance on synthetic maltodextrin as the primary ergogenic aid in endurance athletics often overlooks the biochemical superiority of naturally occurring carbohydrate matrices. Whi...
Easy to Digest Carbs for Runners: The Science of Gastrointestinal-Friendly Fuelling
A 2026 meta-analysis of endurance athletes indicates that while high carbohydrate ingestion is critical for sparing muscle glycogen, approximately 93% of participants experience significant gastroi...