54: Why are You Tired All the Time? Understanding Fatigue and Running

Are you tired all the time, both during runs and during the rest of the day? We have received a few listener questions on this topic, so we are taking a deep dive into training fatigue, abnormal fatigue, bloodwork, training load management, and more!

• Amanda’s experience with fatigue and running
• Normal vs abnormal fatigue
• Is your nutrition causing fatigue?
• Low energy availability
• Eating disorders and disordered eating
• Is it your training plan that is making you tired?
• Other factors that may cause fatigue

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References:

• Jeukendrup & Gleeson. (2016). Sport nutrition. Third edition. Human Kinetics.
• Gropper & Smith. Advanced nutrition and human metabolism. Sixth edition. Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
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