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Ok gang this has been melting my poor little brain for a while.
Doesn't take much :)
I normally leave a good 2 hours after eating before a run or else it comes back on me whilst running etc.
However, the other morning I did not eat any breakfast prior to a run and I felt like I was lighter, faster and less clogged up. I enjoyed it a lot more. I jjust wolfed my breakfast down when I got back.
So I am raising this for discussion because I would like to know why I felt better without eating any breakfast before my run.
What do others do, why and what are the benefits etc?
All feedback welcome.
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There have been radio and TV programmes about how food influences running and you'll find the links to those programmes on this thread on the forum Whether you should eat beforehand depends on the distance you run. I would definitely not recommend running a marathon without food - small porridge and banana - and personally, would eat that at least 2 hours in advance of the race. Matt will eat that 3 hours in advance. For a short distance like 5K I wouldn't worry about eating beforehand. Women are different though, and on BBC's 'Trust Me, I'm A Doctor' they demonstrated that women run more effectively if they've eaten beforehand, whilst men do not. That's to do with burning off fat apparently.
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I cannot leave the house unless I've had a good breakfast (normally cereal and toast). I can have breakfast 45 mins to an 1hr before Parkrun and I'm OK with that. I can eat right before going for a long run - it doesn't bother me. Breakfast is king ☺💪
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It depends on how many beers from the night before need to be soaked up....oh, hang on...is that where I'm going wrong with my race prep?!
In all seriousness, for me it's awake and eaten three hours before, or no food at all. As a slowcoach though, perhaps I should try your routine Aine and see if it works!
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I have a mentally fast metabolism! Got to be 2 hours before or I would hit the wall. I'm guessing its different for everyone. What works for one person doesent always work for another. 
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I use to get stitches/cramps at the mere sight of food before a run - but one adapts and has to make an effort. And so like Aine I now happily scoff breakfast less than an hour before, say, a Park Run Maybe something to do with Jules Carter who taught me to eat constantly before, during and after races - the context was at the time I think surviving cold, wet and generally miserable mountain marathons events whikst wallowing in bog, but the habit caught on I've long since turned into the ravenous bugblatter beast of traalSo last night's club 7 for example - a sneaky pre-jog cheese and pickle sany + cuppa just in time to cadge a lift from Uncle Graeme, two soggy jelly babies when the rain came down (forgive me for not sharing Alan and Sai), then home to fry-up anything I could get my mits on run to eat, don't eat to run......best to tick all the boxes
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Much as others have posted - it depends on what I want from the run.
If its a race or a particularly intensive training session, I won't eat within 4 hours of running.
On the other hand, I can run within 5 minutes of eating, so long as I start easy.
And for a long run on a Sunday, which is usually 2 hours+ and sometimes nearer to 3 hours, breakfast represents vital energy stores which will help me in the closing stages of the run.
Just as the performance of car is dependent on fuel, so it is with the human body, and the greater the endurance requirement, the more important that fuel becomes.
If you want to learn more, come and watch the Barry 40 on 20 March.
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I would be very cautious about any advice from Tim 'pork pie' Sullivan, who is notorious for his mountain marathon gluttony. He probably stops for chips on the club run.
Our ancestors had to hunt then eat, so delaying breakfast for anything less than a half marathon seems ok and works for me. Breakfast tastes better too.
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good advice..
i often eat 30 mins before my long saturday runs, but accept i run to the club. and be thankful of the kind security guards at uwic let me use the bathrooms... always a balance..i find gels help the stomach issues..
pre- race i always eat breakfast...there is some advice out there that says dont eat before long runs.. run on empty and then gain a benefit on marathon..
good luck
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If I'm racing, it's at least two hours before. If I'm on a long or easy run then a bowl of porridge about an hour before is fine.
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In reply to the OP.
I wont eat before any run, especially the LSR on Sundays.
But I will make sure I am fully topped up with carbs the night before.
Also I carry water, but very rarely will I drink any, unless it is very warm, it's more a safety net than anything else.
The question asked will get the responses it wants, but there are some / many variables i.e. training or racing, that influence the replies given, that could distort the final conclusion.
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The time I run is the main factor for me. During the week I run in the afternoon after work and eat regularly through the day, but on a Sunday or when I am on leave I am scared to eat anything if I run before 9am as my stomach doesn't seem to be able to handle it.
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Fascinating the variety of responses here. It seems very individual. For an intensive early mid morning distance competition a cup of tea & low fat biscuit 3-4hr before is all I can take without bad stomach problems. Long slowish Sundays runs or similar, different matter. Cereals or porridge with golden syrup is a benefit. |
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast!
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I think you've hit the nail on the head, Howard. It's very individual. Everyone has to work out what's best for them. It took me a good amount of indigestion to work out what was best for me.
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Whatever you do, avoid eating dates on a long run  lesson learnt the hard way.
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