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Athlete Repeatedly Arrives Underfueled
An athlete repeatedly starts practice without eating since lunch or says there was no food available.
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Coach implementation system
Each protocol is paired with a simple athlete handout and gives the coach an opening script, neutral questions, immediate actions, green-yellow-red decisions, training boundaries, implementation steps, follow-up measures, and a brief documentation template.
Start with the situation in front of you
An athlete repeatedly starts practice without eating since lunch or says there was no food available.
An athlete repeatedly says they cannot eat, feels full quickly, or has little interest in food around training.
Fatigue, recurrent injury or illness, food restriction, mood change, or declining training tolerance begins to cluster in any runner.
A coach observes restriction, purging behavior, compulsive extra exercise, intense body distress, or other eating-disorder warning signs.
Fatigue, breathlessness, reduced training tolerance, or slow recovery persists without a clear short-lived explanation.
An athlete reports focal bone pain, pain with impact, pain that is worsening, or a pattern of repeated bone stress injury.
An athlete asks a coach how to lose weight, run lighter, reduce body fat, or change appearance for performance.
An athlete brings, shares, or reports using an energy drink, pre-workout powder, stimulant gummy, or performance supplement.
An athlete indicates that food is unavailable, unaffordable, restricted at home, or inaccessible because of transportation, housing, work, or school logistics.
Nausea, cramping, reflux, urgent bowel movements, diarrhea, vomiting, or another GI problem repeatedly disrupts training or racing.
An athlete repeatedly declines all food or drink after hard training, even when the next meal is delayed.
A parent asks the coach to help an athlete lose weight, comments on the athlete's body, restricts food for performance, or requests weigh-ins.
A coach needs a repeatable team system for snacks, bottles, refills, allergies, travel, heat, and low-stigma access.
An athlete is coming back after illness, injury, time away, or a medical restriction and needs a safe team handoff.
The same hunger, nausea, cramping, bathroom urgency, low energy, missed food, or timing problem keeps disrupting races.
Program Access sits these protocols inside the season: the week is chosen for you, the parent email and two-minute team talk are written, the matching handout is attached, and a registered dietitian answers staff questions within 2 business days.