Food Runners Shouldn't Eat

Somebody have a nice binge/purge session? Where do these threads come from?

Runners should eat whatever they damn well please, just in moderation.

As Quenton Cassidy said, "Get the furnace hot enough and anything will burn." or something to that effect.

Spicy ethiopian food or taco bell before any race. A big bowl of chilli after a race in humid conditions also sucks.

Nick Willis after all his races eats a McGriddle sandwhich to "reward" the body. Hard to say runners shouldn't eat it when some great runners did and do

lots of candy or simple sugars are horrible before a race or workout

Bill Rodgers. . .cold pizza with mayo

Don Kardong. . .big ice cream sundaes

Clarence Demar. . .10 oranges and a pound of caramels before one of his Boston victories

Now that's good eatin'.

Pizza, Beer, And Twinkies as a "Pre"-meet meal does wonders.

PWNED BITCH

Onion rings always seem like a good idea but are usually so greasy they make you feel ill after.

Food For Thought wrote: "Get the furnace hot enough and anything will burn."

That's the theory.

In practice, if you stuff your face with authentic Sichuan (Szechuan) food - and the gods know, it's worth doing now and again - it's truly best to avoid running for about twenty four hours. Otherwise no matter how how your furnace, that tasty bomb of incredible chili heat and copious oil and Sichuan peppercorns and whatever the hell else ain't gonna burn internally if ya know what I mean.

Foods which are merely fatty (e.g. greasy fast food) or spicy (Thai, Mexican) are child's play compared to the lethal combination you get in a meal of dan dan noodles, stir fried fresh bacon with green chilies, and fish filets with incendiary chili & ground pork sauce.

Then again, I've also had surprisingly bad luck running after girl scout cookies.

Hey, I saw Cabada eating McDonalds. Are you saying he doesn't know what he's doing?

Rod Munch wrote:

Clarence Demar. . .10 oranges and a pound of caramels before one of his Boston victories

10 oranges? I would fertilize the whole eastern seaboard.

Yeah. . .that seems pretty unbelievable, but it's in the Boston Marathon History book by Hal Higdon. Maybe it's one of those legends that was grossly distorted through time. In reality it was probably "a half slice of dry toast and tea."

It's more important what not to DRINK. Avoid anything with carbonation...

. . .although, if you think about it, if you mash 10 oranges and a pound of caramels together, you'd probably end up with something not too far off from what is today sold as "Powerbar." Maybe Demar was onto something.

Rod Munch wrote:

. . .although, if you think about it, if you mash 10 oranges and a pound of caramels together, you'd probably end up with something not too far off from what is today sold as "Powerbar." Maybe Demar was onto something.

You may be right, but I know for sure there isn't that much fiber in a powerbar.

Rod Munch wrote:

. . .although, if you think about it, if you mash 10 oranges and a pound of caramels together, you'd probably end up with something not too far off from what is today sold as "Powerbar." Maybe Demar was onto something.

Quote of the day.

"you are not what you eat, you are what you do"

That saying I wouldn't eat a ham and cheese crossant and a coffee the morning of a 5k.

"it doesn't matter if you win or lose, just that you play the game"

tell that to the Barry Bonds threaders.