I went to Olive Garden around mid-afternoon the day before a 10K invite. Had the potato/sausage soup, several breadsticks, and two bowls of pasta with meat sauce (I got the never-ending pasta bowl). Bad idea! The next morning, the stomach wasn't feeling well. I felt like my insides were going to explode during the entire race. I felt so full that I didn't bother eating for the remainder of the day.
Okay, let's hear your experience.
Denny's. My teammate and I had the meat lovers skillet, "doubled, covered and smothered". For those unfamiliar with Denny's lingo, that's a frying pan full of various meats and potato, with melted cheese and gravy on top. The next day I dropped out of the NAIA XC championships -- my first DNF ever.
full plate of quesadillas, half pound cheeseburger, fries, brownie boat desert, and 3 glasses of soda..... came back and walked over to my friend's house, who was a better runner by far at the time, he says we're gonna do a time trial.... uh-oh.... so we go out for a hard two miles aiming for 10:00.... made it, but threw up on the sidewalk... oh well
First bad experience: Huge plate of Fettucine Alfredo for Lunch around 1pm. Raced a 10k at around 6pm. Stomach was killing me the whole race. Had to take a dump REALLY BAD around 5 miles but was able to hold it till the end.
Second bad experience: Diner pasta the night before a race. Bad idea. Something about the diner pasta kept me from pooping the next morning (which is a crucial part of my pre-race ritual). Got really bad cramps around mile 3 (of an 8k) that persisted through the rest of the race.
biggest bowl of spaghetti ive ever had, and it was covered in really heionous tomato paste :S, 4pieces of pizza and about 3 lemon lime bitters = 16s off PR in 1500m at national championships.
I don't want to get too off topic, but our dining services got confused once the morning of a meet and gave our whole bus cold chicken fingers for breakfast. We didn't realize the mixup until we were well down the road.
Grossest pre-race breakfast ever.
that's strange, my worst experience came after eating at the olive garden too. I had some pasta and bread sticks. I felt fine at the beginning of the race, but died in the last mile because of stomach problems and dehydration. I finished like 37th or something, it was awful. had to go to the hospital right afterwards.
This weird pasta with-- I swear-- caramel sauce
How does dinner that you ate more than 12 hours ago effect your racing? My stomach is usually fine after 6 hours even after a big meal...
a pint of ben & jerry's and a bag of chex mix.
Otay wrote:
How does dinner that you ate more than 12 hours ago effect your racing? My stomach is usually fine after 6 hours even after a big meal...
Are you the person who sets the standards of which all others are compared?
Can't think of a seriously bad pre-race meal, but back in 1981 I did a 24-hour relay in Sydney, NJ. At about 1 a.m., someone made a food run to an all night place, and I ordered a full, packed with everything hoagie with salami, cheese, ham, etc. Ate it between my runs, and thus ran like death on my next three legs. 23 years later, people still tease me about it. Barf.