So I was very interested in food formulation. I was an athlete in college and looking for ways to boost my performance, basically manipulating food in a way that is more concentrated and better for an athlete. NBJ spoke with him from his home in Marin County.ĭean Karnazes: I actually studied dietetics as part of a minor in biochemistry at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and then went into food science as a graduate student. With an academic and professional background in food science and many thousands of miles of trial and error, Karnazes knows sports nutrition from the lab to the lunchbox. Dean Karnazes, author of Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner, is probably the best known athlete in an extreme endurance niche where a marathon is just a warm-up and events include the infamous 135-mile Badwater race across Death Valley in July.
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