Friday, June 11, 2010

When to eat before a run...???

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.

2 comments:

  1. 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.

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  2. I 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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