Most you've ever eaten right before a run

Complete large pizza from papa johns around an hour before a track workout. Jogged 3 mi to the track and stopped after around 2 minutes because the workout was going terribly. It was definitely because of the food.

A monster burrito at a friend's restaurant, downed with a 16-oz microbrew. I ran four absolutely horrible miles (slow, uneven pace) before giving it up. Stuff moves around in your stomach, and you get to re-experience what you eat and drank over and over again. Really eating, and then running is not recommended for the weak of heart.

Way too much. Let's just leave it at that.

During high school I have eaten a slice of pizza while running a mile relay leg of a 24 hour relay around a half mile horse racing track. 10 guys/1 mile each then hand off - we ran roughly once an hour.

2 dry cups of rice and beans cooked prob 30 min prior. Had to almost keel over 2 miles in but didnt boak

Attractionooo wrote:

Complete large pizza from papa johns around an hour before a track workout. Jogged 3 mi to the track and stopped after around 2 minutes because the workout was going terribly. It was definitely because of the food.

Well tops me. An hour before a track workout as well, I ate 2000 calories of dried figs. I got through it but the stomach hurt so bad.

"cdipaolo"'s response is a joke lol Thats like no food. 8 cups of cooked rice is a meal for me. 2 cups? LOL

77revolutions wrote:

Well tops me. An hour before a track workout as well, I ate 2000 calories of dried figs. I got through it but the stomach hurt so bad.

I know how that goes...you think you're only going to have a few pieces of dried fruit but before you know it they're all gone. I try to keep those out of the house or else I'd be one fructose-filled fatty!

En route to our national cross country championships, in a motorway café, I saw Dave Bedford eat a big meal of sausage, eggs, chips and beans and even contemplating ordering another - and that was two and a half hours before our event, the senior race.

Bedford had been briefly, the world record holder for the 10,000 and had won the international cross country championships and was also running around 30 miles a day in training, so I suppose his body had become used to running with a quantity of food in his stomach.

Tutti frutti wrote:

77revolutions wrote:

Well tops me. An hour before a track workout as well, I ate 2000 calories of dried figs. I got through it but the stomach hurt so bad.

I know how that goes...you think you're only going to have a few pieces of dried fruit but before you know it they're all gone. I try to keep those out of the house or else I'd be one fructose-filled fatty!

Lol dried fruit is like crack

77revolutions wrote:

Attractionooo wrote:

Complete large pizza from papa johns around an hour before a track workout. Jogged 3 mi to the track and stopped after around 2 minutes because the workout was going terribly. It was definitely because of the food.

Well tops me. An hour before a track workout as well, I ate 2000 calories of dried figs. I got through it but the stomach hurt so bad.

"cdipaolo"'s response is a joke lol Thats like no food. 8 cups of cooked rice is a meal for me. 2 cups? LOL

I dont remember exactly this was like a year ago and notice I said 2 cups UNCOOKED- it was more like 4 cooked or more

cdipaolo wrote:

77revolutions wrote:

Well tops me. An hour before a track workout as well, I ate 2000 calories of dried figs. I got through it but the stomach hurt so bad.

"cdipaolo"'s response is a joke lol Thats like no food. 8 cups of cooked rice is a meal for me. 2 cups? LOL

I dont remember exactly this was like a year ago and notice I said 2 cups UNCOOKED- it was more like 4 cooked or more

2 uncooked *3 = cooked roughly. So what, 1400 cals? decent sized meal, not HUGE tho

When I was a sophomore, I ran a PR in the 800m every time I ate a chick fila sandwhich an hour before

I had a burrito from Chipotle with a bag of tortilla chips and a soda about 40 mins before a beer mile. so I guess you can count the fist beer as well. Not a good experience in any way.

I have often eaten an entire dinner just before running, because I had to fit in the second run in the evening. Those runs are very, very slow and painful. One of my best Sunday long runs, however, was about half an hour after eating six very rich crepes, which had four eggs and a stick of butter in the recipe.

A banana is the only thing I can handle. Anything more and I'll feel sick.

Happy Tummy wrote:

I'd say my stomach is able to handle quit a bit of food prior to a run but yesterday I think I might've taken it a bit too far. Decided to have 2 sandwiches, a small bowl of oatmeal a few nectarines, and a cup and a half of yogurt 30 minutes before heading out. Bad idea...lasted only about 5 miles and nearly had some 'oral leakage' multiple times. So how much have you guys been able to put in before a run? Was it successful or just a flat out horrible experience like mine was?