Faye Townsend

AfN, SENr

Faye is a leading Performance Nutritionist (SENr) with extensive experience supporting competitive recreational athletes. With a background in the NHS and Harley Street Clinics, she now provides expert guidance on fuel training, recovery, and performance to empower runners, triathletes, and endurance athletes through her business "Fuelled with Faye''. 

Education & Background

Faye Townsend is a Registered Performance Nutritionist (SENr) with extensive experience supporting competitive recreational athletes in achieving their goals while managing the demands of work, training, and life. Her approach ensures every athlete has access to expert nutrition guidance that promotes both sporting success and overall wellbeing.

With a background that includes roles in the NHS and Harley Street Clinics, Faye has developed a strong ability to create evidence-based, personalised nutrition plans tailored to the individual needs of each athlete. Her past work with elite athletes has given her unique insight into high-performance demands, but her passion now lies in helping everyday athletes access the same high-quality support.

As the founder of "Fuelled with Faye", she works with runners, triathletes, and endurance athletes training for marathons, ultras, and extreme events. Her mission is to bridge the gap between recreational and elite-level support, providing tools to fuel smarter, recover effectively, and train with purpose, all without compromising health or wellbeing.

Faye’s coaching philosophy focuses on fuelling for life and performance, moving beyond aesthetics to foster a healthy, sustainable relationship with food. Her empathetic, practical approach is designed to fit real life, whether her clients are preparing for their first marathon or balancing a triathlon schedule with a demanding career. By prioritising balance, education, and support, Faye empowers every athlete to feel seen, heard, and equipped to achieve their personal best.

 

BSc Nutrition and Food Consumer Health (accredited by AfN) – Now a Registered Nutritionist (AfN)

PG Dip in Sports and Exercise Nutrition – Leeds Beckett university 

Master Practitioner In Food and Eating Disorders (Accredited by BPS) 

Contact information

Website: www.fuelledwithfaye.com

Instagram: @fuelledwithfaye 

Meet our experts

Coaching, rugby or happy man writing with a strategy, planning or training progress with a game formation. Leadership, mission or funny guy with sports men or athlete group for fitness or team goals; Shutterstock ID 2264932909; purchase_order: POIIG0004097; job: OMG1193295; client: Danone UK; other: 480

Please read the following notice

This information is intended for Health and/or Nutrition Professionals working within the field of sport and performance nutrition, including sports nutritionists, dietitians, sports scientists, coaches, athletic trainers and others who have professional training in nutrition and human physiology.

x