Hitting the juice bar before a run? When you order, remember: The redder, the better. It turns out that earthy, delicious beets might help take your workouts to the next level.
A recent study from Saint Louis University in Missouri reveals that when fit men and women ate a cup of cooked beetroot about an hour before running 3 miles, they achieved a pace 3 percent faster than runners who were given a pre-race placebo.
