Saturday invite @ 1:30, weird race time, what to eat?

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7 years ago 09/27/2016 11:46am EDT

I was hoping we would go off at like 10 am so all i had to eat was my cereal I eat everyday and that I'm used to.

But now that our opening race is at 1:30 pm, which seems like a weird time, I'm not sure how to approach my nutrition.

I'll have my breakfest cereal I'm used to, hopefully use the bathroom, but that won't keep me sated until 1:30.

If anyone had an idea how to approach this that'd be great.

At school I usually snack all day and don't have 1 big lunch. It usually consists with bread and grain type foods. Maybe a yogurt, or some cheese.

Thanks

7 years ago 09/27/2016 11:49am EDT

re: Collegequestion

Have an early bite to eat at 6:30 or whatever if that's what you're used to, then have a more substantial breakfast at 10:30 (oatmeal toast bagels etc).

7 years ago 09/27/2016 11:57am EDT

re: Collegequestion

Whatever you would eat at 7:00 for a 10:00 race, eat that at 10:30. Not complicated, young college student.

7 years ago 09/27/2016 12:10pm EDT

re: confusedreader23

Yeah, but if he/she is used to waking up earlier, they're probably hungry when they wake up.

Since you're used to snacking periodically instead of having big meals, that's an advantage. Just stick to your normal eating routine, but don't do yogurt or cheese too close to the race. You might even add some protein with the earlier meal since you won't be running right afterwards, but it really depends on what you're used to.

If it were me, I'd do something like this:

7:00am - Cereal, almond milk, banana, peanut butter, coffee.

10:30am - Clif bar

12:30pm - Banana

1:30pm - Opponents

7 years ago 09/27/2016 12:36pm EDT

re: Collegequestion

Wakeup at 9. Eat a big ol stack of pancakes. Heavy on the butter and syrup.

7 years ago 09/27/2016 2:14pm EDT

re: Collegequestion

You're not going to win so eat a steak at 1:15, doesn't matter.

7 years ago 09/27/2016 4:51pm EDT

re: CatlitterHotub

KFC's family bucket usually goes down well. Otherwise a big mac meal with extra salt on the fries.

7 years ago 09/27/2016 6:49pm EDT

re: txRUNNERgirl

txRUNNERgirl wrote:
Yeah, but if he/she is used to waking up earlier, they're probably hungry when they wake up.
Since you're used to snacking periodically instead of having big meals, that's an advantage. Just stick to your normal eating routine, but don't do yogurt or cheese too close to the race. You might even add some protein with the earlier meal since you won't be running right afterwards, but it really depends on what you're used to.
If it were me, I'd do something like this:
7:00am - Cereal, almond milk, banana, peanut butter, coffee.
10:30am - Clif bar
12:30pm - Banana
1:30pm - Opponents

Thank you! Haha "opponents". True.

Seems like a good plan, just a few small snacks along the way.

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