Afternoon 5k's (Read 318 times)

mrakers

posted: 10/17/2008 at 10:46 AM

When I race in the morning, I can wake up and eat a Clif Bar and an apple, and I know I'm getting good carbs. Tomorrow though, I race my first 5k ever, and it's at 5pm. Just wanting to make sure that I don't make a mistake on what to eat. Not planning on trying anything new, but just wanting to get some recommendations as to what food would be a good one to avoid. I plan on waking up and eating a nice bowl of Oatmeal Squares for breakfast. Lunch, I was just going to go with some turkey and cheese on whole wheat. Then maybe about 3 pm, was planning on hitting out an apple or so. The goal is to avoid the side stitch. What have you found that causes side stitch's.

mgerwn

Hold the Mayo

posted: 10/17/2008 at 1:12 PM

For me it's going out too fast / breathing too hard. I've heard it called "oxygen debt". It gets better if I slow down a little and force myself to breathe from my abdomen ("belly breathing"?). I've never related it to food / what I've eaten before a race. I've also been told by several faster than me that it's a cramp in your breathing muscles, and you won't injure yourself by running through it. So if you can bear it, keep going. You'll finish sooner Wink

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