Distance Runners - What are you fueling with?

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kmp9881
kmp9881 Posts: 20 Member
in Food and Nutrition

Starting to ramp up mileage for another fall marathon and looking for different fueling, meal prep, and recovery options, especially for hot summer runs. What's everybody got?

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  • DiscusTank5
    DiscusTank5 Posts: 773 Member
    edited July 2

    Other than water, Body Armor Lyte (peach mango) is my fav drink for a long run / bike ride.

    Strawberry Shot Bloks for quick energy mid-run. Some people swear by gummy bears instead. They'd be cheaper!

    Protein bars by Quest or Pure Protein for post run / bike. I can't eat these while working out though.

    I recommend trying out individual snacks / nutrition at your local running store before buying, say, a 20 pack of GU Energy gels in salted caramel from Amazon. I did that two summers ago and ended up giving most of them away at my gym. The flavor wasn't my favorite.

    Stroopewaffel makes some tasty, light weight cookie type snacks for long runs but they are pricey.

  • ChristineEnes
    ChristineEnes Posts: 2 Member

    I typically run 60 70 miles a week. Just getting back to using my fitness pal. I ve been going more by listening to my body… big coffee lover, and cordeypeps. But water first veggies most. Beets with carrots daily with hemp seeds and oatmeal and coffee, is one of my favourite breakfasts. Also toast and cream cheese! With coffee and protein. I swear by my ag1 smoothie with matcha! Dinner is simple a shake with stir fry. With tempeh or tofu. But I haven t tracked all my taste and nibbles there’s a lot! Have you checked out the premium feature on the app? I’m not sure if it worth it

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