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Run Long Run Healthy · Oct 17, 2025 · 23 min

The Consequences Of Delaying Carbs After Your Run

The reference paper: Delaying post-exercise carbohydrate intake impairs next-day exercise capacity but not muscle glycogen or molecular responses https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/apha.14215 Acta Physiologica Sept 2024 Submit questions for future mailbag episodes in the comments or on the RLRH Substack. Run Long Run Healthy is brought to you by Marathon Handbook. ➡ https://marathonhandbook.com Subscribe to the Run Long Run Healthy podcast: ➡ Spotify: https://bit.ly/RLRH-spotify ➡ Apple podcasts: apple.co/43iqUKxGet the RLRH weekly newsletter (choose free or paid): ➡ https://marathonhandbook.com/run-long... ➡ https://runlongrunhealthy.substack.com/Follow us online: BRADY ON X ➡ https://x.com/B_Holmer/PHYSIOLOGICALLY SPEAKING (Brady's Newsletter) ➡ https://www.physiologicallyspeaking.com/ MARATHON HANDBOOK IG ➡ / marathon.handbook 0:00 The role of carbs in running 03:30 Carbs after running - why? 05:05 Carb deprivation - fasted/depleted workouts 06:40 The Study - testing the effects of delaying carbs post-run 10:00 The findings of delaying carbs by 3hrs 14:30 carbs led to more HIIT reps and lower RPE 16:14 Applying the findings to your running

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The reference paper: Delaying post-exercise carbohydrate intake impairs next-day exercise capacity but not muscle glycogen or molecular responses

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/apha.14215

Acta Physiologica Sept 2024

Submit questions for future mailbag episodes in the comments or on the RLRH Substack.

Run Long Run Healthy is brought to you by Marathon Handbook.

➡ https://marathonhandbook.com

Subscribe to the Run Long Run Healthy podcast:

➡ Spotify: https://bit.ly/RLRH-spotify

➡ Apple podcasts: apple.co/43iqUKxGet the RLRH weekly newsletter (choose free or paid):

➡ https://marathonhandbook.com/run-long...

➡ https://runlongrunhealthy.substack.com/Follow us online:

BRADY ON X

➡ https://x.com/B_Holmer/PHYSIOLOGICALLY SPEAKING

(Brady's Newsletter) ➡ https://www.physiologicallyspeaking.com/

MARATHON HANDBOOK IG ➡ / marathon.handbook


0:00 The role of carbs in running

03:30 Carbs after running - why?

05:05 Carb deprivation - fasted/depleted workouts

06:40 The Study - testing the effects of delaying carbs post-run

10:00 The findings of delaying carbs by 3hrs

14:30 carbs led to more HIIT reps and lower RPE

16:14 Applying the findings to your running