Breakfast or not?

[Reggiegirl]

Advice wanted please lovely runners.

If I go for a run early to avoid this heat do I get up extra early for brekkie or not bother? I find it a struggle to eat before 7am and usually just go without. Yet if I go later and have breakfast I run better. What do others do?

[HeavyFoot Graduate10]

No breakfast for me. Just a mug of tea. Too many school memories of heaving after strenuous effort. Also, so good to have burnt off breakfast before eating it. 😇

[ChainsawCharlie Graduate10 in reply to HeavyFoot]

I am with HeavyFoot. I have been running early mornings since the heat got silly. Can’t run with a full stomach so it’s drinking to hydrate and taking a drink with me. Breakfast will still be there when you get home.

[Reggiegirl in reply to ChainsawCharlie]

Yes! Can have a later breakfast and skip lunch 👍

[Reggiegirl in reply to HeavyFoot]

Thanks Heavyfoot. Yes I do like the feeling of smugness when I see how many calories I’ve burned and often then I want something light and nutritious 😁🍰😳

[HeavyFoot Graduate10 in reply to Reggiegirl]

Strangely enough, when I finish a run I often forget I haven’t eaten breakfast until my wife reminds me at 10ish. Adrenaline? On non-running days I’m ready for brekkers at 7.30 on the dot.

[damienair Administrator]

I don’t run early. Earliest I run is on a Saturday morning for parkrun which is at 9-9:30 am. I just have a slice of toast with peanut butter and a coffee.

I prefer running in the evenings.

Damien

[Reggiegirl in reply to damienair]

Might try evenings during the hot weather

[damienair Administrator in reply to Reggiegirl]

I have gotten used to running after work over the past 3 years. I now much prefer evenings during the week. But I do run on Saturday and Sunday mornings too. But very rarely before 9am.

[Hidden]

Yep I’m with HeavyFoot and ChainsawCharlie on this one! I go out early so after a cup of tea with hubby I’m up ( glass of water) and out ,no breakfast . I find I run better before breakfast.

Good luck !🏃‍♀️😀😀

[Reggiegirl in reply to Hidden]

Thanks Myfi.

Maybe I need to hydrate more

[Kat332zz Graduate10]

I too am a no breakfast person. Not usually hungry straight after either, so I just wait until I am then eat.

[Reggiegirl in reply to Kat332zz]

Sounds sensible Kat332zz

[JonathanP Graduate10]

When I used to run before 7 I always had half a glass of milk and half a banana beforehand .

[Reggiegirl]

Thanks JP. May be able to manage milk 🍼

[Elfe5 60minGraduate]

If I run before breakfast, I have a banana & some very diluted juice - a suggestion from Iannodatruffe which works well for me. However I do run later 2-3 hours after a meal more often. 😄

[Reggiegirl in reply to Elfe5]

Thank Elfe5.

May try a small banana before my next run 👍