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Parents of high school runners — especially the one searching at 10 PM.
Feeding a High School Runner Without Food Fights, Fads, or Pressure
Your kid runs the miles. You run the kitchen. This is the manual for your half of the job.
PDF ebook · ~40 pages (est.) · 5 print-ready worksheets (grocery master list, meal-rhythm planner, meet-day packing list, conversation one-pager, warning-signs card)
Designed edition shipping soon — request it now, pay only when it’s ready to deliver.
The problem this solves
It’s 10 PM and you’re searching “is my runner eating enough.” The mileage keeps climbing, the appetite is unpredictable, dinner turned into a negotiation, and every article you find is either for marathoners or trying to sell you a powder.
You don’t need a nutrition degree to feed a high school runner well. You need to know what to put in the cart, what to have ready at 4:30, what to say at the finish line — and what never to say at all.
That’s a learnable system. It’s called add, don’t police: stock the right food, make it easy to grab, keep your language calm, and know exactly which signs mean it’s time to bring in a professional.
Inside this guide
Public preview
When the designed edition ships, its public preview shows The grab-and-go layer plus two of the parent text scripts — one hero page, never the whole artifact. What to buy, what to cook, what to say — and what never to say. One calm system (add, don’t police) replaces food fights and fad diets: the $70 athlete cart, the grab zone, meet-day packing, and plain-language warning signs with an exact referral path. No calorie math, no guilt.
Parents of high school runners — especially the one searching at 10 PM.
Your kid runs the miles. You run the kitchen. This is the manual for your half of the job.
Scope and safety
Parent-facing by design — no weight talk, no diets for minors; concerns route to physician → sports RD → mental-health professional.
No dosing. No diagnosis. No body talk. That’s the standard across every Aspire guide.
Get the handbook — and a calmer kitchen.
Make it a bundle: The Parent Bundle — $59
Want everything, all season? If your team runs Aspire, use your team code — it’s covered. Not on a program yet? The bundles are the fastest start today, and Parent Access — $119/year or $14/month is opening soon. Coaches and programs should see Program Access — $590/year.
Written by the RD who coaches
Luke Rodriguez, MS, RDN is a Registered Dietitian and the Head Cross Country Coach at Palmer Ridge High School in Colorado. He writes the training plans and answers the parent emails — every practice, every season, at 7,000 feet. Every number in this guide comes from one science canon — the same one that runs Aspire’s software. The book and the tools never disagree.
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