Marathon Medicine 2026

Dr Kelly McNulty’s talk, ‘The menstrual cycle, hormonal contraception and sports performance’ will review potential effects of the menstrual cycle & contraception on performance, training, and recovery, acknowledging current evidence and gaps in the literature.

Dr Andrew Mitchell will be presenting ‘Myths, Mistakes and Measured Management’. He examines patterns specific to marathon training and highlights practical principles that can be applied to mitigate injury risk and allow training adaptations to be strategically supported.

Introducing Professor Halsey. His talk, ‘Are we built for distance running?’ will use comparative physiology to reveal how human athleticism compares to other mammals. He’ll share data from long distance races & reveal a unique human trait that makes us supreme distance athletes

Introducing our first speaker, Dr Nishan Guha. His talk ‘Fuel, Fix or Risk?’ will aim to help runners, coaches, sports medics and scientists to understand the potential benefits and risks relating to supplement and hormone use in endurance sport.

Abstract submissions open! For the first time, we’re hosting a poster display alongside the Marathon Medicine conference. Please share!

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Last but not least! Our final speaker at this year’s conference is Dr Alba Reguant-Closa, a registered dietician. Her talk ‘Run for the Planet!’ will focus on sustainability in sports nutrition. Less than two weeks to go! #LondonMarathon #MarathonMedicine #MM2025

Can changes in running load reduce running related injuries? Dr Marienke van Middelkoop will be exploring this in her talk at Marathon Medicine 2025. We have 100 tickets left, so book now to avoid disappointment! #MM41 #LondonMarathon

Introducing our third speaker: Dr Javier Gonzalez. Javier is a Professor of Nutrition and Metabolism at the @UniofBath and will be covering the following topic: ‘Fuelling endurance exercise performance: what’s known and what’s new?’ Link in bio for tickets! @Gonzalez_JT

Is low energy availability a concern for runners’ health and performance? Our second speaker, Dr Jose Areta, a lecturer in Sports Nutrition and Metabolism at Liverpool John Moores University, will be answering this question! Tickets at the link in our bio. @jlAreta

Introducing our first speaker! Professor Barry Smyth has applied his AI research to the training patterns and race results of large datasets of marathoners. His talk is titled, ‘Train more. Train slow. Race Fast. An analysis of the training patterns of recreational runners.’

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