Just wondering what you guys eat for breakfast before races? Some people are nuts and berries, and others are bacon, eggs, and pancakes.
Just wondering what you guys eat for breakfast before races? Some people are nuts and berries, and others are bacon, eggs, and pancakes.
16oz cup of coffee, black.
Then usually a plain bagel, followed by a power gel 30 mins before the race.
Blueberry pop-tarts with a blueberry bagel and some watered down OJ
i usually eat a couple pancakes or waffles, a bowl of cereal, sometimes some oatmeal, oj, milk, and lots of water about 4 hours before i race
Clif Bar and coffee 2.5 hrs before.[quote]big eater wrote:
I go with 2 brown sugar cinnamon pop tarts and some gatorade 6 hours before i race. i have to eat early or i get a massive cramp.
24 ounces dark roast coffee, maybe munch on a power bar or nutri-grain bar to get rid of the starving feeling.
Thanks for the replies guys, but a quick question. Why the coffee? I thought that caffaine was bad before races. If I am wrong enlighten me please!
Some of that stuff sounds good to do about 4 to 6 hours before race time, but what if your race is at 9AM. I'm thinking you eat something a little more light. Because i'll get up around 5AM because my has to take 4hours to digest the stuff. So what i'm asking is what be benefical to you and at the same time light?
sorry for the major typos their!
If it's a 9 am 5K I'll be up by 5. By 5:45 I've juiced a head of spinach and an apple, good for about 8 oz. 6:30 is another 8 oz. of water. 7 is an apple or more preferably a couple oranges, that's all. nuts, bacon, eggs, milk and other protein/fat dominant products will be sitting pretty heavy in your stomach/intestine during the race. so you'll feel "full", but the energy locked up in that food won't be readily availabe for some time yet, kind of pointless to lug around in my mind. The length of the race is what the real determiner is. The coffee seems to be pretty popular because it wakes people up and keeps them regular.
toast and coffee.
Espresso usually a mocha or a latte and a bagel or some fruit and lots and lots of that great new gatorade water that stuff is the best!
Toasted Lender's Bagel with a light smear of country crock margarine and saturated in honey with a cup of Sportea.
A bowl of cheerios and skim milk. Then I stay on top of the H20. I know milk can be a cramp culprit, but I seem to be able to "stomach" it. I usually leave at least 3 hours before warmup.
Teddy Grahams...the honey ones are good, but the chocolate ones work well too. A teammate of mine got me throwing down handfulls of 'em a few years back. My stomach handles them really well and so far they've treated me pretty good.
- Ryan
I think because it is a stimulant, wakes you up and gets things moving, knowhatImean? Lets just say it makes it alot easier to drop the kids off at the pool before race time. I prefer Sportea which is 98% caffeine free, but has a ton of ginseng which really makes me peppy... same effect with the kids at the pool.
Food for thought! wrote:
Thanks for the replies guys, but a quick question. Why the coffee? I thought that caffaine was bad before races. If I am wrong enlighten me please!
It depends on the race, a 5k say, I would do a cup or two of coffee and a small amount of oatmeal, allowing two hrs to digest. Or for a longer race, such as the Charleston Distance Run, August 31st., (WV's 15 miler), the 30th anniversity race, I would have a slightley larger breakfast, again allowing 2hrs., and the consof a gel, such as GU either before, or definately during the race.
GHOSTWRITER, you must be talking about Tana ya? Or was it goose?? I forgot all about the teddy grahms! This is Pete by the way.
Jason's prerace brekkie:
POT OF COFFEE WITH TONS OF MILK AND SUGAR
and THAI PUSSY!!!! (what else did you expect me to say)
jason
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