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    Pre-run meal first thing in the morning

    Posts: 673 Member
    edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    Usually I eat yogurt & fruit, but I'm seriously getting sick of that. I like that it's not heavy before I go for a run and that it gives me the carbs and sugars to keep me going.. Any runners out there have any pre-run meals that you find work for you?

    I'm dying for some variety lol

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    • Posts: 60 Member
      I like a whole grain waffle with organic crunchy peanut butter. Gotta have the protein with the carbs to give me my energy!
    • Posts: 637 Member
      I can't run on a full stomach so its usually a banana about 30min before I run. sorry not really helpful there. I know others that eat liek you fruit/yogurt before a moring run, some have a bagel too.
    • Posts: 1,996 Member
      I like a whole grain waffle with organic crunchy peanut butter. Gotta have the protein with the carbs to give me my energy!

      same, or toast. Maybe a banana...something that wont give you the burps! haha
    • Posts: 9 Member
      bananas are great. They provide fuel for 90 mins of exercising.
      Also toast with peanut butter
    • Posts: 61
      I like Egg (protein) on Toast (Carbs) at least an hour before. and if I am going for more than a couple of hours a nice bit of bacon with it..
    • Posts: 67
      Toast with peanut butter and/or a banana - or a handful of almonds or part of a Cliff bar...whatever I can grab pretty quickly and isn't too heavy.
    • Posts: 1,216 Member
      I don't eat before I work out. Makes me hurl. SO if I workout at 5:30AM, i do it with an empty stomach.
    • Posts: 673 Member
      I'm liking the toast w/ PB & banana idea :) I run for about an hour (and more now that I'm going to be training for a half marathon starting next week) *eek* So these ideas are great. Thank you <3
    • Posts: 5,424 Member
      I did all my long runs this spring eating a cliff bar before hand. Seemed to work fine.

      But, this last weekend I went 13.5 miles on an empty stomach and felt great. I'm going to try a few more runs on an empty stomach and see how it goes.
    • Posts: 838 Member
      Banana, a breakfast bar

      Graham crackers with peanut butter.
    • Posts: 1,525 Member
      I much prefer to run first thing in the morning (6am) on an empty stomach.

      On weekends when I dont get out until about 9 I'll have a banana or oatmeal with some nuts/berries about an hour before I run.
    • Posts: 111
      my pre-run breakfast of choice is a medium-sized bagel with a little bit of butter. can't do fruit or dairy, gives me gas pains and i won't make it through my run.
    • Posts: 459 Member
      I usually go on an empty stomach...I literally roll out of bed at 5:20 and am hittin the pavement by 5:30.
    • Posts: 31
      I almost always go on an empty stomach. I roll out of bed and run so I don't usually have time to eat. For a race I will have a bar about 1 hour before.
    • Posts: 144 Member
      If you are running for a race you would want to fuel up with white carbs. I would eat a whole plain bagel with smart balance spread and some grapes. If its a race longer than a 5k you'll want to have some raisens or jelly beans with you to fuel yourself on the run. Everyday run, if its short..2-3 miles I go on an empty stomach, anything longer maybe a banana, fruit bar or bagel.
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