So, that lack of hunger isn’t your stomach telling you it’s satisfied; it’s the heat you’ve generated during your run making it harder for your brain to compute cues. If you were to intuitively eat, you could well go for hours post-run not eating, only to crash hard and delay the recovery process.

Instead, you want to make sure that you have something easily digestible available to have after your shower or bath. Try a smoothie with fruits, vegetables (think banana, avocado and berries), nut butter and a scoop of protein powder.

I’ve started keeping packs of Marmite biscuits and nuts around for a salty snack straight after, topping up my sodium, carb and fat reserves, before I set about making something more substantial.

Ultimately, we all have different systems and what works for each runner will be different, but it is important to be aware of the fact that sometimes we need to have a nutrition plan of action in place for when our bodies are too busy cooling down to tell us we’re hungry. And unless we’re fasting for religious reasons, post-run fasting probably isn’t doing us many favours.

“Why don’t I feel hungry after working out or running?” Experts explain this common fitness phenomenon