Wes Judd

Sure, it's old fashioned. But it's also nutritional rocket fuel, and athletes are making it taste great. Here's how. Join Women's Running Create a personalized feed and bookmark your favorites. Join Women's Running Create a personalized feed and bookmark your favorites. Join for free Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+.

In a world of green juice and chia seed pudding, this age-old dish is the original, and perhaps most powerful, superfood, especially for athletes competing at the highest levels. “I’ve asked a lot of elite endurance athletes about their breakfast foods, particularly before races, and oatmeal comes up again and again and again,” says Matt Fitzgerald, endurance coach, nutritionist, and author of The Endurance Diet.

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