I see about 30 clients a week and sometimes a client comes in and grabs a hold of me right from the first moment I speak to them. I spoke to this client at an event I presented to at the beginning of the year. Right away I was intrigued with the story. Can you imagine having a goal to get to Boston, and being 1 minute away from qualifying?  Now imagine running through intense pain and more for 8 years! When the client came into my office we spent a good hour talking about all the poking and prodding from specialists as well as recommendations for supplementation but also focused on timing, duration, and type of symptoms.  Take that and add discussions about intensity and duration of training and I finally came up with recommendations on how to nourish the body appropriately by restricting the foods that were causing major distress and getting the right amount of macronutrients needed to train for endurance.   The perfect recipe for a  dietitian's recommendations...