Nutritional planning to run an Ultra-marathon, the Transvulcania: Case report

Authors

  • José Antonio López-Gómez Centro Kinair120, Barcelona.
  • José Miguel Martínez-Sanz Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Alicante. Gabinete de Alimentación y Nutrición de la Universidad de Alicante (ALINUA). Grupo de Investigación en Alimentación y Nutrición (ALINUT).
  • Alejandro Martínez-Rodríguez Departamento de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte, Facultad de Deporte – UCAM, Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia.
  • Rocío Ortiz-Moncada Gabinete de Alimentación y Nutrición de la Universidad de Alicante (ALINUA). Grupo de Investigación en Alimentación y Nutrición (ALINUT), Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Enfermería Comunitaria, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública e Historia de la Ciencia, Universidad de Alicante.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14306/renhyd.20.2.205

Keywords:

Sports, Running, Physical Endurance, Dehydration, Nutritional Requirements, Dietary Supplements, Nutritionists

Abstract

The Transvulcania is an individual mountain competition with 74,6km. The event has provisioning areas to meet the needs of nutrition and hydration of the participants. The importance of dietarynutritional preparation is in preventing or reducing gastrointestinal problems, dehydration, hyponatremia, fatigue, among others. The aim is to describe the dietary and nutritional planning an athlete in this event. Eating habits, supplement intake and body composition were evaluated in a 37 years old male with 10 years of sports experience. Dietary and nutritional recommendations for athletes in competition, test time, refreshment areas and possible food intake/supplements were taken into account for dietary planning during the competition. The dietary and nutritional planning in ultra-endurance events is important to successfully perform the competition, tolerating and taking foods/supplements properly, and avoiding nutritional risk and dehydration, fatigue, gastrointestinal disturbances, etc.

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Published

2016-05-12

How to Cite

López-Gómez, J. A., Martínez-Sanz, J. M., Martínez-Rodríguez, A., & Ortiz-Moncada, R. (2016). Nutritional planning to run an Ultra-marathon, the Transvulcania: Case report. Spanish Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 20(2), 120–126. https://doi.org/10.14306/renhyd.20.2.205

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