Pre-race dinner
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tkillion810
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What's your favorite pre-race (or long run) dinner? Go....
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For dinners before my am long run the next day, I find that I can eat whatever I want. I don't do any distance above 13 miles and am eating at maintenance with high carbs anyway so I don't eat anything specifically for carb fueling. But my favorite pre long run breakfast is cheerios. Plain cheerios and water. Anything else gives me indigestion.0
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Rice with sweet and sour sauce and pineapple. Almost pure carbs. Pre race breakfast is always a bagel. Sometimes a banana too.0
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I try to go for pasta the night before a long run/race. That morning, I'll try to have some oatmeal with greek yogurt and berries a while before starting out.0
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Jimmy John's #16 sub mayo for avocado. Morning of, a banana.0
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McDouble happy meal with chocolate milk.0
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Beef and Brocolli with fried rice. Second favorite: Spaghetti with meat sauce.
Cheerios with a banana and coffee the morning of a race.0 -
Spaghetti with garlic bread or onion bagel. I can't eat before a run so I try to carb load the night before.0
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4 oz of some kind of grilled meat. Mashed sweet potatoes, mixed greens (from my farm share) with a little balsamic vinegar and either a little bit of brown rice or a piece of bread. Sometimes i forget the grain in favor of brocoli sauted in oil and garlic.
Oatmeal, fruit and coffee in the morning.0 -
Currently homemade fried rice. Breakfast is a bagel with peanut butter or butter and honey.0
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I have only run Half marathons so far, so nothing special for dinner (other than the free beer at packet pickup). My breakfast is PB&J on an english muffin with some OJ a few hours before the start and a banana about 30 minutes before. With my breakfast and powerade on the course, I have plenty of energy.0
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Lately it's been some variation of pita or tortilla vegan burrito--although not as much as you would think of traditional burrito. More like beans, potatoes, hummus, and maybe a touch of salsa. I usually experiment with whatever I have at the time. I wouldn't say I eat more than usual, just make sure it's well rounded and plentiful to provide the energy I need the day after.
I used to wake up early and eat similar burritos on days for long bike rides (100+). Typically on runs I eat during and not before.0 -
Favorite pre-run dinner: vegan fettuccini alfredo. The sauce is made with pureed tofu and nutritional yeast so it isn't oily or heavy but has lots of flavor.
Favorite pre-run breakfast: 2 slices Dave's Killer Bread with 1 tablespoon almond butter and as much coffee as I can drink.0 -
Oh, I love all the variety!!0
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Pre-race dinner: sushi and anchor steam. Morning of: pumpkin bread and peanut butter.0
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Mine is chickpea & tomato stew with brown rice. And if it's a target race I don't even have a glass of wine with it.0
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I love sushi for dinner before a long run or race.0
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Mine is chickpea & tomato stew with brown rice. And if it's a target race I don't even have a glass of wine with it.
No wine?! :noway:0 -
The 3Ss: Sushi, Sashimi, and Saki (OK, and not too much of the latter).0
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Rice of course! Like, the nutritionally less healthy WHITE kind! Om nom nom
Oh wait, I eat white rice all the time. Probably not considered pre-run "carb-loading" if I'll eat it no matter what.
Morning of I eat a piece of bread with peanut butter. My long run is only 14 miles, but I need to have *something* in my system. I can't do it on an empty stomach. I don't feel the need to do a whole lot of carb-loading though, the night before. I try to make sure I'm not dramatically under on my carbs though, but I don't worry about stuffing my face with pasta. Pre-race I try to focus on carbs more. And I generally have a beer just to help me sleep (I get all nervous and jittery). Beer counts as carbs, right?0 -
Macaroni and cheese + tuna + sweet peas.
Works every time. My long runs/races have always gone really well after that dinner. Plus it was super easy to make in a dorm when I was an undergrad
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