When stories about elite level women runners include missing their periods for months or years it can’t be too healthy.
Competitive runners eat healthy or they can’t compete. Maybe not even finish the race.
And they eat a LOT.
Running 50-70 miles per week, with runs over 15 miles twice a month requires a lot of calories. Even if you’re only 115lbs small woman.
That woman will consume 4000 calories per day, minimum of which there will be 120grams of protein.
4eggs
1/2 chicken
two glasses of milk
a cup of beans
two cups of brown rice
two salads and a banana
Butter, bread, EVOO, gravy and desert.
Competitive running is hard on women’s joints.