What do you eat the night before a marathon?

[SadieHU]

Hello everyone! I managed to somehow get a ballot place in the London marathon and have been training my butt off to hopefully survive it. I have a few food related questions though..

1. How do you deal with the constant hunger and what snacks do you eat to curb your hunger? I want to eat everything in sight..

2. What is your favourite meal the night before a big race? Trying to plan my strategy now.

Thanks very much and good luck to everyone who's training for any type of race

[roseabi Ultramarathon]

Hello! Welcome to the Marathon community - hope you find fun and inspiration here!!!

Congratulations for your ballot place, how exciting!!!! I had a ballot place a couple of years ago, I couldn't believe it when I saw that magazine on my doormat 😊😊😊

Here're my answers:

1. I like to time my runs to finish just before a meal, so I don't eat so many snacks. When I do have a snack I like a handful of nuts, and I usually keep a stash of some sort of cake or biscuit bar, or flapjack, around - I'm not very fussy 😄

2. Pizza. Just plain cheese and tomato - no onions or jalapenos! I find this works pretty well for me from a digestive and from a social point of view (my husband loves pizza).

It's all down to personal preferences though.

Enjoy your training and eating!!! xxx

[SadieHU in reply to roseabi]

Ah amazing! Thanks so much It was crazy to get in.. I live in London so have always been so inspired whenever I went to watch!

Thank you for the tips! I will give them all a try. I'm glad you turn to biscuits and cake because that's exactly what I'm doing too!!

[misswobble Marathon in reply to SadieHU]

I keep my weight on the lighter side nearer race day. I don’t like toting ballast. Watch the biscuits and cake! After the event is fine 😃👍🏃‍♀️

[misswobble Marathon]

My usual fare the evening before is a grilled salmon fillet with wholemeal pasta and some spinach lobbed in at the last minute to wilt it down Parmesan or Philly Scattering of walnuts and some fresh basil leaves

There are lots of posts here on this subject so have a browse 😃👍

[SadieHU in reply to misswobble]

Thanks so much! That sounds absolutely delicious!