do you eat breakfast b4 you run? if so, what?

You could always try splitting your breakfast and having a bowl of cereal or something small right before bed, then a banana or something easy for you to digest right before the run, and then something after the run

On any run but a long run, I will eat at least 2 bananas and drink some water. On mornings of long runs before I go out, 1 banana, chewy granoala bar, and some water.

On workdays, I don't eat or drink anything before I run. On weekends (when I run longer), I'll have a pb sandwich and/or an apple(s) and some diet Coke (and water)

I'm a big fan of a cup of yogurt and 1 banana, and some water. Should be more than sufficient for a morning run.

Yes, I normally have some type of donut or roll for breakfast. I then have a sandwich for lunch. I have another sandwich a couple hours later. A couple hours after that, I eat a third sandwich. I wait an hour or so and then I run.

Toast with peanut butter if i do not have a lot of time(less then 30 minutes)

I usually don't eat before my morning run, but if I'm going a little later, I'll generally have half to two thirds of a protein shake:

2/3's scoop whey protein

1/2 tbs. flax seed oil or Udo's oil

1/2 cup frozen fruit (usually berries)

1/2 cup non-fat milk

1/2 cup water

I can run almost immdediately after that, but if I'm doing something harder, like a tempo run, I'll have it an hour or two ahead. You will have to experiment to see what works for you.

Bowl of quinoa (previously made, from fridge). Banana. PB&J. Toast and honey.

I have to eat something before running in the morning if I want to have any energy, but I'm sure everyone is different. I can't handle dairy too close before running, so I usually have either oatmeal or Kashi cereal with soy milk and a banana. Coffee and water to drink. I have to have coffee. If it's just a regular run, I can eat up to 30 minutes before. I need more time (to digest) before a race. I found that eating 2 hours before a race, and drinking coffee/caffeine 45 minutes to an hour before works best for me.

txRUNNERgirl wrote:

so I usually have either oatmeal or Kashi cereal with soy milk and a banana.

Are there any dudes in the world that drink soy milk or is this just a chick thing?

I know a guy who does and he's a fast runner (sub-15 5k, etc). I don't drink a ton of soy milk, but I try not to drink a ton of dairy either. I hear both are bad and both are good, so who knows.

wheat germ wrote:

txRUNNERgirl wrote:

so I usually have either oatmeal or Kashi cereal with soy milk and a banana.

Are there any dudes in the world that drink soy milk or is this just a chick thing?

I do.

breakfast before I run: cereal with soymilk and a banana with a little almond butter

Thanks everyone. I like a bowl of cereal and fruit. So I guess the consensus is that I need to experiment maybe w/eating less on run days if I want to run earlier.

I'd like to try running w/o food but the few times that I have tried, I have never felt the same during the run.

This sounds like a simple Q but really can throw a wrench into your day if you aren't flexible w/food b/4 or after runnning.

I almost never eat before a run, but before a race or something I will usually eat either a Powerbar or a bagel with a very light layer of peanut butter on it.

I don't have time to eat before morning runs, because I start them before 6AM, more like at 5:30 if I want to squeeze in more than 10-12 miles.

My morning look like this - 5:00 -5:10 AM wake up, quick cup of coffee, bathroom, out within 25 minutes of waking up. Most of my mileage (90-120 mpw) is done one empty stomach in the early mornings.

I used to think too much about food before morning runs when running in college, waking up an hour before run to digest the food a little, but I don't see any benefit eating so close to running anymore, because the food cannot be digested properly and fuel your muscles. Maybe for runs of 2-3 hours, but I had done plenty of those without any food, just coffee and water.

It's more about the head games than physiology. I would rather spend extra 15 minutes running, than eating negligible amount of food that would irritate me during the run.

Before races, I wake up at least 3 hours before the start, so I eat something light - like toast and honey or jam and coffee plus water.

Fueling hapens the night before anyway.

Eat Cream of Wheat -- lots of carbs, hardly any fibre, so you won't shit your pants during your run.

However, have something more nutritious after -- it's not exactly a bowl full of goodness or anything.

Try just drinking something. That has worked for me -- a big glass of juice before I stretch and dress for running and it seems to get the blood sugar up a bit without doing anything to my stomach.

Depends on the day. Either cereal with almond milk (way better than soy), pop tarts, or an orange.

A pint of raw eggs

Down in one