The Juice Master Jason Vale shares four of his favourite drinks for runners.

The juices and smoothies below have been designed to be the perfect balance of potassium and sodium, (for lactic acid build up and cramps) as well as being incredibly hydrating.

The celery in the juices and smoothies helps to flush the body of excess carbon dioxide. The beetroot is there to widen the blood vessels allowing more oxygen to circulate. Altogether, these juices and smoothies are the perfect nutritional balance for runners, the first two are particularly good fuel for a marathon.

Juice Master’s Marathon Smoothie

Inch slice of large pineapple

1 × peeled lime

3 × apples

(golden delicious pref)

2 sticks celery

One third of cucumber

1 × bulb raw beetroot

1 × small ripe avocado

1 × banana

1 × teaspoon hemp

Protein powder (optional)

How to make:

Juice the apples, celery, pineapple, beetroot, lime, and cucumber. Put the avocado flesh into blender along with banana, juice and ice. Blend until smooth. If too thick simply add more apple juice.

Juice Master’s Marathon H20

1 × apple

½ stick celery

½ inch cucumber

1 × bulb RAW beetroot

½ litre of water

1 × sports water bottle

How to make:

Juice the ingredients and pour into a water bottle along with ½ litre of water. This is lighter than a juice, but still provides the perfect balance of sodium and potassium.

Juice Master Turbo Charge Smoothie

¼ cucumber

1 stick celery

½ small pineapple (peeled)

Handful of spinach leaves

¼ lime (peeled)

4 golden delicious apples

Flesh of ½ ripe avocado

Small handful of ice

How to make:

Juice the cucumber, celery, pineapple, lime, spinach and 3½ apples. Pour into blender with other ½ apple and avocado and blend until smooth.

Juice Master’s Marathon Workout Wonder

2 x apples

1 x stick celery

1 inch cucumber

1 × bulb RAW beetroot

Ice

How to make:

Simply juice the lot and add ice.

Thanks to the Juice Master Jason Vale for these recipes, visit www.juicemaster.com for more juicy ideas! If you want to squeeze even more juice from your fruit, then try the Avance Juicer from Philips.