ENDURANCE SPORTS NUTRITION
Strategies for Training, Racing, and Recovery

2nd Edition

Suzanne Girard Eberle, MS, RD, CSSD

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OVERVIEW AND INSTRUCTIONS

Welcome to Endurance Sports Nutrition (2nd Edition) Study Guide, a self-directed accredited learning program.

The program consists of a book of the same title by Suzanne Girard Eberle, MS, RD, CSSD and this study guide. The program is designed to help you understand the nutritional needs of individuals engaged in prolonged exercise as they differ from athletes engaged in power, stop-and-go, or team sports. The program provides you with practical information and "behind the scenes" support as you coach clients through unique nutritional challenges that endurance athletes must master in order to be successful. It is also designed to help you earn 30 Level 2 Continuing Professional Education Units (CPEUs).

This learning program is a Level 2 Continuing Professional Education (CPE) program. Level 2 means that you have general knowledge of the literature and professional practice in the areas covered. The focus of the program is to enhance knowledge and application.

To get the most out of this self-directed accredited learning program it is suggested that you adhere to the following four steps:

• Review the objectives in the study guide.
  
• Read and study the book.
  
• Assess what you have learned by answering the self-assessment questions in this study guide.
  
• Compare your answers to the answer key, which is located at the end of the study guide. If you scored at least 80% correct, you have completed the program and are ready to transfer your answers to the CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION REPORTING FORM. If you scored less than 80% correct, re-read the appropriate sections of the book until you score at least 80% correct.

After you have successfully completed the program fill out the CPEU REPORTING FORM and
Mail to: Wolf Rinke Associates, Inc., P.O. Box 350, Clarksville, MD 21029,
Or fax to: (410) 531-9282,
Or submit on-line at www.easyCPEcredits.com.

Enjoy the Endurance Sports Nutrition (2nd Edition) Learning Program!
Eat, Drink, Win!®
Suzanne Girard Eberle, MS, RD, CSSD
Board Certified Sports Dietitian and Nutrition Therapist
www.eatdrinkwin.com

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this accredited, self-directed learning program, the nutrition professional will be able to:

• Assist clients involved in endurance exercise by estimating their overall caloric and macronutrient needs;
  
• Recommend dietary changes to help clients meet their general macro and micronutrient needs in their daily training diet;
  
• Make recommendations for planning healthy meals and snacks using five simple guidelines and sample meal plans;
  
• Discuss the relationship between the body's fuel sources and the energy demands of prolonged exercise;
  
• Assist clients with appropriate recommendations regarding the timing of fuel and fluids (before, during and after exercise) for optimal results;
  
• Communicate the pros and cons of various body composition assessment techniques;
  
• Make recommendations regarding weight management, overall health and performance;
  
• Make recommendations regarding nutritional, exercise and lifestyle strategies for reversing the Female Athlete Triad;
  
• Identify disordered eating among endurance athletes and list potential detrimental side-effects on health and performances;
  
• Describe the symptoms and diagnostic criteria of three clinical eating disorders: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS) and identify risk factors among endurance athletes;
  
• Make recommendations regarding supplementation of various popular supplements favored by endurance athletes;
  
• Identify the signs and symptoms of dehydration and hyponatremia, as well as at-risk athletes;
  
• Make appropriate recommendations for delaying dehydration and preventing hyponatremia during prolonged exercise;
  
• Suggest dietary strategies to help athletes manage sports-related challenges such as muscle cramps and runner's diarrhea;
  
• Apply knowledge about the stages of iron-deficiency anemia and iron supplementation;
  
• Assist endurance athletes who choose a vegetarian eating style to meet their caloric, macro and micronutrient needs;
  
• Develop general nutritional strategies to assist endurance athletes in successfully meeting their fluid and fuel needs during various endurance sports such as triathlon/multisport, running, cycling, adventure racing, hiking/trekking/winter sports, rowing and open-water swimming;
  
• Develop condition-specific nutrition plans to assist endurance athletes in successfully meeting their fluid and fuel needs during endurance exercise of varying duration: shorter-range, long-distance, ultra endurance and multiday/multileg endurance events;
  
• Recommend condition-specific nutrition plans to assist endurance athletes in successfully meeting their fluid and fuel needs during endurance exercise undertaken in extreme conditions such as heat, cold and high altitude;
  
• Apply knowledge about fuel metabolism and dietary options to assist endurance athletes in anticipating and planning for nutritional challenges specific to a unique endurance race or event.
  

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

With over 30 years of competitive endeavors and endurance adventures under her belt, board-certified sports dietitian Suzanne Girard Eberle, MS, RD, CSSD, has ample real-life experience practicing what she teaches. During her first career as an elite runner (4:28 mile/32:40 10K, USA Track & Field 5,000-meter champion and member three USA teams), Girard Eberle raced around the world. Today, she runs 50 miles per week and avidly pursues cycling, hiking and climbing (rock and alpine). Some of her endurance accomplishments include having reached the summits of the highest mountains in the Alps and Africa, Mont Blanc and Mount Kilimanjaro, completing her first STP (200 mile Seattle to Portland bike ride) in under 12 hours, finishing second in her first state time trial championship (cat 4) and climbing the Grand Teton in a day.
Girard Eberle is the author of Endurance Sports Nutrition-Second Edition (Human Kinetics, 2007). As the founder of Eat, Drink, Win!® she coaches athletes of all levels, beginners to world-class, on how to succeed by embracing high performance eating habits. Working as a nutrition therapist, Girard Eberle counsels teens and adults struggling with eating-disordered behaviors and weight issues on establishing a healthier relationship with food and their bodies.
A longtime contributor to Running Times, her nutrition advice has also appeared in USA Today, Newsweek, National Strength and Conditioning Journal, Runner's World, SELF, SHAPE, and Men's Fitness. A frequent guest speaker, Girard Eberle works with athletic departments, health clubs and women's symposiums. She is a member of the NCAA Speakers Bureau and is part of the American College of Sports Medicine's Female Athlete Triad Coalition.
Girard Eberle is a registered dietitian and holds a master's degree in clinical nutrition from Boston University. She is a long-time member of the American Dietetic Association, SCAN (Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutritionists), Nutrition Entrepreneurs and The Academy of Eating Disorders. She lives in Portland, Oregon, where she works (www.eatdrinkwin.com) and plays outside with her husband John and whippet Asa Babu.

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