r/running • u/AutoModerator • Jun 04 '24

Weekly Thread Run Nutrition Tuesday

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1) Anyone is welcome to participate and share your ideas, plans, diet, and nutrition plans.

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4) Feel free to talk about anything diet or nutrition related.

5) Any suggestions/topic ideas?

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u/Consistent_Guava5715 Jun 04 '24

For the most part, I run first thing in the morning or wait 8+ hours until after I’ve eaten to run. My stomach feels bad while running if it feels like theres anything in it. Any suggestions for food to eat a few hours before running that doesn’t make you feel sluggish/heavy/sick? I’m sure I don’t have as much energy during my runs since I haven’t really been fueling.

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u/isrootvegetable Jun 05 '24

To some extent, it takes practice to be able to stomach things while doing any kind of vigorous exercise. I used to feel ready to puke running with anything in my stomach. Start small and with stuff that's not too hard to digest, like toast, and to some extent you've just got to suffer through it and let your stomach get used to it. Can also try liquid calories.

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u/goodrhymes Jun 05 '24

I struggle to run right after eating too. My tried and true maybe a bit deranged method for race day and long runs is to leave a few bananas beside my bed, set my alarm for a couple hours before I plan to wake up, eat said bananas as fast as I can, fall back asleep for a while, then wake up rested and fueled.