Protein & Nutrition Blog – Marmels
Protein & Nutrition Blog – Marmels
Recovery Snacks for Runners: What to Eat After a Run
by Mo Mandegar, PhD
on Jun 06 2026
The run is only half the work — what you eat afterward decides howwell your legs bounce back. The best recovery snacks for runners paircarbohydrate with protein, roughly 15 to 30 grams of carbohydrate and10 to 20 grams of protein, in the window when glycogen rebuilds fastest.Here is what your body is doing after a run, and the grab-and-go snacksthat cover both jobs.
