Hi!
I can see on our Events list that a lot of us are gearing up for races this weekend, and I'm anticipating the Beachy Head Marathon the weekend after - yay!!!! 😊😊😊
There are many things to love about Beachy, not least that they have provided a pre-race recipe on their website!
What's your favourite food the night before a race? Does your event's website have any recipes?
Om nom to you all!
roseabi xxx
Pizza works for me 😊
For my past two events, a slightly unorthodox combination of peppered and smoked mackerel and brown fusilli, with some sort of sauce. I don't eat much fish, my diet is predominantly vegetarian, but it seemed to do the job quite well so maybe it will permanently become my new pre-race meal 😊 I also enjoy a cheese and onion pasty if I'm working late the night before...
That's interesting, now I come to think of it I don't remember seeing much mention of fish as a pre-race dinner. Seems odd as it's nutritious, and also easily digestible I'd have thought!
I love smoked Mack. They made a smoked Mack past aNd sauce recipe on that beeb prog Eat Well for less last week. The nutritionist made it. Thought it sounded lush
I have salmon wholewheat pasta with roast vegetables for dinner before race day, Parmesan and fresh basil on top 😋. It’s in hand for this Saturday evening 😃👍🏃♀️
More fish! 😊
I dont have one, not really that regimented. There are certain things I will avoid such as alcohol.
Interesting! I have an airbnb booked for the Saturday eve as I live a long way from the GSR. I will have access to a kitchen so thought I'd make up some pasta to take along and heat up. I might be spoiled for choice of ideas by the time this thread is done! Other than that, all I've organised is a girls night out on Friday (the last one with this group saw me confined to the couch with dry bread all the following day 
). Ooops. At least it's not the Saturday night
Ooh that recipe looks nice.....I try to have something like a tray bake, loads of roasted fresh veg, the more variety the better, and perhaps chicken, roasted with the veg, quite simple, but with loads of garlic and herbs too, and lots of hydration.......yum, yum...I picked up a recipe for oat energy/breakfast bars from a running mag supplement - I use them all the time now and make little changes of my own, like adding choc chips, glacé cherries etc.,
Mx
Pizza has worked well for me the night before the last few long runs. Or pasta 🍝
Avocado lime parmesan pasta does it for me. I'd add bacon too if I had my way...
Edit - this - thebrookcook.wordpress.com/...
I will be eating dusted cod or haddock with veg and a few chips. I am staying at a b&b close to gsr on Saturday night and have access to the kitchen so will be cooking my usual pre run meal. I am a creature of habit!
Sounds like a great setup! Good luck xxx
Thank you! It is very real now 😊
Gulp!
The nerves are kicking in as I write lists of things to take. Why do I not save a list, that would be handy 😂
Haha. Now there's an idea. My 'list' starts whilring round my head as soon as I go to bed each night, it's still spinning when I wake up in the middle of the night, but is gone when I wake up again. That's not progress! On the other hand, making a list now is just toooo real. Not sure I'm quite ready for that 
Oh goodness, I am in the middle of list making as I have too many items passing through my head, glad it is not just me!
My parents are coming down for the weekend to watch me finish. We are having Italian on Saturday night. I will also have lots of fruit the day before and iron rich veggies (I am disposed to anaemia).
My problem is mornings. My body decided to no longer accept my pre run shakes. Discovered that half way around the Windsor 10km. May go porridge x
Ooh, good luck!
I’m in a hotel the night before my marathon but last year I had the baked salmon with pasta
Double porridge for breakfast and I was food to go
This weekend is my half marathon but my meal the night before is salmon pasta again
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Fish is a winner!
I love to have fish n chips after a marathon, although lately it's been giving me a royal indigestion 🤔
Not surprising if you’ve had all manner of stuff in the way round I was like a dustbin, stuffing everything in, mostly flapjack and choc brownies for 26 Miles ☺️
Red hot fish n chips though. I might get that as an option this year as I hope we are decamping to the nearest pub. It’s by the sea 👍 🐟 🌊
Speaking of half marathon weekend, I jogged into town last night to collect my race number etc. I got the official tee shirt but it’s mahoosive. It seems they are just one size It’s white and red 😬. Nah 😁
Oh well 😊
I can’t believe they did that though One size surely don’t fit all 🤷♀️
If I wore it, and a bit of a breeze blew up, I’d be airborne 🤨
I could perhaps give it to OH, it’s more his size He’d have the brass neck to wear it anorl 😁
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I had braised lamb shank in red wine with mash the night before my 8K cross country a couple of weeks ago. 🍗🍷😋
Might have been an unconventional choice but I didn’t have any problems on race day so apparently it was ok! 😊
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