I wonder what the minimum time is to eat a little something before running? Even the easy and slow three miler that I ran today, just out from my house and up towards the village, was made all the more difficult by eating a bit 45 minutes earlier. It wasn't that I ate all that much - just some chicken and veg, but it weighed me down a good bit.
Distance: 3ish miles
Pace: Slow and sluggish.
Route: Up the road and down again.
Everyone is different of course but I can't really run well unless I have a large gap between eating. If I do anything over 4 miles especially here in the hills I will eat 2 to 3 hours before i run. If I run in the morning I tend not to have anything and get it over and done with before breakfast.
ReplyDeleteI struggle to eat before morning runs as it would mean getting up around 5.00, which is never going to happen. Before morning runs I have a few dried apricots or some sultanas, but I think that's more psychological than anything.
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