Morning runs, do you eat first? (Read 945 times)

I eat before long morning runs. Usually pasta with peanut butter and a few hard boiled eggs....

Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't.

Dido.

Stop eating before running, I felt sick in the stomach as i was running, now only take one cup of coffee, water or a Energy bar that's all.

For me it depends on how early in the morning I'm running. If it's literally first thing (eg anywhere between 5.30am and say, 8.30) I'll always eat a banana and have a fair amount of water both during the night & in the morning (even though it means i'll have to stop & pee somewhere - I sweat a lot & get really thirsty so I HAVE to drink). If I'm running at say 10am I'll get up at 6.30ish & have porridge (oatmeal), which I seem to be able to digest pretty quickly (therefore not feel too full for the run). Any other type of fruit or milky type drinks and I feel sick. If I don't eat, my energy levels really drop & I spend most of my run whinging about being hungry & feeling tired. It's all trial and error. Whatever you decide to do, make sure you don't try it for the first time before a race, coz if something doesn't agree with you, it matters more than it does with a training run.

I don't eat before my morning runs. If it's a fairly long one - say 8 or more miles - sometimes I'll eat 3 clif shot bloks, and chase them with water, before I hit the road, just to get something in my system before running for an hour or longer.

Mid-weeks are at 5:30am or 6:00am so no chow. Weekends are later and usually longer and or faster so I fuel up w/peanutbutter on toast/bagel with banana and a cup of coffee. 2-3 hours ahead of a race and 2 hours ahead of a run.