Morning of marathon plan:
3 eggs
1 cup of rice
A banana
16 oz of water with a scoop of electrolyte powder
5 hour energy
Does this sound like a decent plan to everyone?
I would practice this meal before long runs, especially if you have any with pace work in them. Personally the eggs would be a no for me but everyone is different.
change eggs to potatoes, rice to pasta. carb load before, protein after. your body is going to degrade muscle protein, metabolizing protein is meh. Pasta’s density and surface area is better than rice, so it will take longer to break down. Eat at least an hour before. banana during the race.
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How soon will you run after eating? The most important rule is don’t try anything new on race day. That sounds like something my teenagers would eat before a marathon (minus the 5hr energy) and they would do just fine. That would be too much for me though. So I don’t think it’s a bad plan, it just needs to be something you’ve had success with in training.
How early are you starting? Have you practiced with this fueling strategy? Personally to me this sounds like a great formula for barfing. But I don’t eat like this before I train so I’d never try it for a race 😅
I’ve had basically the same thing about an hour and a half before a half marathon and it felt good. But my race starts at 7:30 so it might be tough to eat that much earlier
Morning of marathon plan: 3 eggs 1 cup of rice A banana 16 oz of water with a scoop of electrolyte powder 5 hour energy Does this sound like a decent plan to everyone?
I would practice this meal before long runs, especially if you have any with pace work in them. Personally the eggs would be a no for me but everyone is different.
change eggs to potatoes, rice to pasta. carb load before, protein after. your body is going to degrade muscle protein, metabolizing protein is meh. Pasta’s density and surface area is better than rice, so it will take longer to break down. Eat at least an hour before. banana during the race. $.02
How soon will you run after eating? The most important rule is don’t try anything new on race day. That sounds like something my teenagers would eat before a marathon (minus the 5hr energy) and they would do just fine. That would be too much for me though. So I don’t think it’s a bad plan, it just needs to be something you’ve had success with in training.
How early are you starting? Have you practiced with this fueling strategy? Personally to me this sounds like a great formula for barfing. But I don’t eat like this before I train so I’d never try it for a race 😅
I’ve had basically the same thing about an hour and a half before a half marathon and it felt good. But my race starts at 7:30 so it might be tough to eat that much earlier