Running on empty ...

[OurB]

Hi folks. I need a bit of advice 🤔 I have just completed week 2 and can feel my stamina / breathing improving but I exercise first thing in the morning before breakfast as that is the only way I can fit it in. I think due to this I seem to hit a wall in the last quarter where I'm not particularly out of breath but I just have no energy to move and kind of drag myself through the last run. Time is very tight and I already get up at 5:30 to fit the run in so can't get up any earlier but any advice gratefully received xx

[Wantorun2013 Graduate]

I'm early runner too l have a small coffee and a banana before l run at 6am and works well for me then take breakfast with me to work(overnight oats). 👍

[TJMazz Graduate]

I too go out early before work and early on a Sunday before a day of sports with my teenagers. I always have a glass of water and a banana before I run and that seems to do the trick 😊

[Vixen67 Graduate]

Always a glass of water and if I feel like I need something else (not keen on bananas) I have a date very easy consumed 👍🏃🏼‍♀️

[OurB]

Thanks for your ideas, I suppose it's obvious really but I just wasn't getting my head around the logistics! I'm going to organise so I have a bottle of water and probably a date (I too don't get on with bananas - can't digest them well 😔) in my bedroom so I can consume them while getting changed. Success is all in the planning 🥇

[Millsie-J Graduate in reply to OurB]

Dates are great, I use them on my long runs without problems.

[ju-ju- Graduate]

I run at that time and depending on how far I at well the night before and usually have a biscuit and a strong green tea or something very small before I go out just to take the edge off.

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Pint of fluid and banana, out the door..............works for me.

[misswobble Graduate]

A date! Just the one? Have two! You need some energy to fuel those runs!

Portable food! I like raisins, and loved my Lidl almonds yesterday, fat uns with the skins on 😋

[OurB in reply to misswobble]

Oh go on then I'll treat myself! 😉

[misswobble Graduate]

I make energy bars using a recipe on here. I have just made a batch this very minute, which is why it reminded me of your post. It would be a good breakfast substitute/stopgap They are calorie dense so have to be used with care. Long run fodder as a rule 😃

[OurB in reply to misswobble]

Thanks, I’ll look that up - but you’re right I’ll probably save them for when I get to the longer runs as my reason for running is to lose weight so may be counterproductive at the moment! Have a good week 🏃

[GingerBohemian Graduate in reply to misswobble]

My industrial batch is :

500g almonds

500g dehydrated banana

500g walnuts from the trees close to us

500g hazelnuts from trees close to us

500g pumpkin seeds

500g gluten free oats (Mrs GB gluten intolerant since birth)

500g roasted gluten free granola

300g sesame seed

300g sunflower seeds

500g dried cranberries

Cup of raisins

Cup of sultana

Cup of currant

Cup of chopped figs

Cup of chopped dates

Cup of chopped prunes

1.5x 475g tin of Lyle treacle

Everything nuked in the blender.

Boiling hot Lyle poured over and mixed in.

Baked at 180C for 15 min

Allowed to cool.

Again....used VERY sparingly. But eat just one and I swear, you can SEE noises!

[OurB in reply to GingerBohemian]

Wow thank you! I’ve screen shot it and will make some when I hit the big time!

[GingerBohemian Graduate in reply to OurB]

Reading that post was 300 calories

[OurB in reply to GingerBohemian]

😂 writing it must have been at least 600 then!

[misswobble Graduate]

Great stuff 😃 Makes you feel all virtuous dunt it 🙂 These things cost a ruddy bomb to buy. I had peanut butter in mine today and honey, along with the nuts and seeds. I blitzed my jumbo oats a bit as the instructions said not to use them 🙄

Cooling off now ready for portioning up and freezing 💪👍😃

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate]

Well done OurB on completing week 2.

Some great advice on pre run snack, just want to add that you may be starting your run section a bit too quickly. Just a gentle jog is all that is required, a nice steady pace. Recover during the walk break then go again, still slow and steady... You should be able to get to the end of the session.

Hope it all feels better next run. Good luck with Wk3 R1😊x

[OurB in reply to Bluebirdrunner]

Thank you 😊 I do get a bit enthusiastic so you may be right! Run 1 tomorrow morning- hope hurricane Ophelia doesn’t scupper my efforts! If I run with the wind behind me might help me through!

[OurB]

I did it! I did it! I did it! I know it’s only 3 minutes but it was a big mental block for me I was sure I would fail at 😊 had a small bottle of water and an apple before i went out. Now tucking in to my porridge mmm