Dear Performance Nutrition Leaders,
This week: running injuries, the latest news, and a new cherry shot by 6d nutrition. Enjoy!
🧠 ON THE GROUND
If you're not chronically online you may have missed this — there's been a wave of discussion on social media this week around running influencers and injuries. Stress fractures in particular.
Some of the conversation points toward app-prescribed training plans and higher volumes. Too much, too soon, without enough recovery.
To be clear: this isn't a pile-on. Injuries happen, and they're often multifactorial.
But what's largely absent from the wider conversation is the role that fuelling plays in injury prevention.
We don't need to explain that to anyone reading this. You already know.
The point is: the conversation is happening right now, and nutrition is barely part of it.
If you work with runners, or sell coaching services to them, this is an opportunity. Get out a camera. You have something meaningful to add that most people in that comment section don't.
📈NEWS
PhD applicant pack shared on LinkedIn
Hexis fuel ~35% of the Tour de France peloton
Olivia Lynan shares raw reflections from elite sport
6d hosting B2B conference on April 23rd in Antwerp
Nutrition X partner with Cork GAA | SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh
Dr. Samuel Bennett reflects on his first month on the World Tour
University of Virginia hiring Assistant Director of Sports Nutrition
Sarah Lawson-Tilley appointed Lead Academy Nutritionist at Crystal Palace Football Club
Alice Sutcliffe launches new Power Station at West Bromwich Albion Football Club Academy
Why flavour strategy is shaping creatine’s next phase (Nutrition Integrated Hannah McLaughlin)
💡PERFORMANCE TECH
6d Sports Nutrition just released a tart cherry shot designed for intensive competition periods with limited recovery time.
Each 100ml serving delivers 100mg anthocyanins and 450mg polyphenols, alongside 30g of carbohydrates in a 2:1 glucose-to-fructose ratio. Informed Sport certified and ready-to-drink.
The suggested protocol is one to two shots per day, starting four to seven days before competition and continuing throughout the event window.
The brand is also hosting a B2B conference on April 23rd in Antwerp. Speakers include Professor Javier Gonzalez (Bath) on carbohydrate strategies, Professor Wim Derave (Ghent) on navigating the supplement landscape, and Ben Price — Soudal Quick-Step's nutritionist — on translating science into the pro peloton.
A panel discussion features all speakers alongside pro cyclist Jasper Stuyven.
Registration is open to pharmacists, sports dietitians, sports doctors, physiotherapists, team representatives and coaches.
