Pre-race Meals: What to Eat for Dinner and Breakfast Daily Tip #6 The best food to eat before, during, and after the NYC Half are the types and amounts of foods you’re accustomed to eating. The night before and morning of the race, eat at similar times as you have during your training—dinner four hours before bed, a light breakfast two hours before the run. “There is no ‘magic’ pre-race food#8212;if there was, you would have heard of it by now,” says NYRR professional athlete manager Sam Grotewold. “I subscribe to the ‘no surprises’ philosophy: Go with what you’re comfortable with and you’ll be fine.” What works for one athlete doesn’t always work for another. Grotewold prefers to eat his pre-race breakfast of a whole-wheat bagel with honey (no peanut butter or dairy), a banana, and sports drink three hours before the start horn. Fasil Bizuneh, one of the NYC Half’s top male professional runners with a 1:02 PR, likes to eat salad and pasta with tomato and meat sauce the night before a race. For breakfast, he has a plain bagel with peanut butter and honey, a banana, and coffee. “Each person’s stomach reacts differently to certain types of food before a race,” says Bizuneh. “I suggest finding something that works the morning of a hard workout [during training] and sticking with it. I like to think that the more consistent the pre-race routine is, the more consistent the race performances will be.
— NYRR: New York Road Runners, Running, Health and Fitness
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