Photo: iRunFar/Eszter Horanyi Favorite Pre-Run Food Topping: Trail Butter ($15-$42) Hallie Taylor using UnTapped Energy Gels. We hope this one’s as fun for you to read as it was for us to eat - er, write. Here are the iRunFar editorial team’s favorite foods for fueling up pre-run, maintaining energy while running, and boosting post-run recovery. We’re hoping that the knowledge we’ve gained from both our successes and failures with fueling for running will give you a leg up as you hone in on what works best for you. Together, we have more than 150 years of running experience across a wide range of distances, climates, and terrain.

Rather than trying to come up with “the best” foods for running, we’ve compiled a collection of our favorites among the iRunFar editorial team. Each of us has a unique palate, individual preferences, and tolerances, sensitivities, or allergies that influence our food and fueling choices. Of course, while there’s plenty of research and science-backed data on fueling for running and endurance sports, running food is a particularly personal topic. We strategize and plan how to properly fuel before and during our run to optimize and sustain our energy and maximize our performance and how to use food to support recovery after a run so that we can stay healthy and get back on the trail as soon as possible. A trail runner’s favorite topic isn’t running - it’s food! As runners, many of us are constantly thinking about food - specifically, what to eat next.

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