Runner’s Kitchen

Snacks for Hungry Runners RECIPES Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins, Mediterranean Frittata Muffins

When training starts to ramp up, the body requires more energy to fuel not only the running, but the recovery, too. It’s common to see people bustling from one task to the next throughout their days. Packed workdays, after-school activities with kids, social commitments, workouts and everything in between. It’s crucial to ensure that one’s body is being fuelled appropriately and in a timely manner.

Snacks are the answer: a quick bite before a morning run, something to tide you over from lunch to an evening workout, or a recovery snack after a workout before your next meal. There’s a time and place for snacks in everyone’s daily routine. Hunger is an important trigger on when to eat, but don’t leave it to the point of hanger (hungry anger)–that’s when things get messy.

When made at home, snacks can be customized, and typically a lot healthier, than those bought in stores or coffee shops. The zesty lemon muffins are excellent with a coffee to give a little sugar boost before a run (they’re actually low-sugar, and made with whole grain f lour to keep you satiated). The frittata egg muffins are a perfect little protein parcel that are great after a workout to kickstart the healing process in your muscles. To mix things up, add blueberries to the lemon muffins. In the egg muffins, choose your own f lavour palate by mixing and matching ingredients ( just make sure to keep the ingredient quantities the same).