Where to eat?

[Tiger Lily 03]

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[crewmatt]

I'm with frank that if you're running it you basically want food that will be turned into glycogen and simple carbs (pasta, potatoes, starchy foods). This is simply because at a run you will burn through your bodies store of carbohydrates within about 2 hours - welcome to hitting the wall. So every little bit extra helps.

If I was walking it you won't burn through your glycogen stores as fast as a greater percentage of the energy you'll be burning will come from fats and other energy stores - and even the most trim person still has way more energy available as fat in their body then they do as glycogen - its simply a much more energy rich material - it just burns more slowly. I would probably want to make sure I had eaten something with a little more staying power - because a 5 hour race would be a whole new ballgame, so you might want to have something with a little more protein and fat content in it as that would keep me full and sustain me longer, even though it wont burn as quickly. But I'm certainly no nutritionist.

Now here's where you have a nice advantage, you should be building yourself up to those distances - so if you're going to do your long run/walk on Sunday - then try different things for dinner saturday night and see how you feel the next morning. If some foods leave you feeling great and ready to go while others leave you feeling run down and tired, then you've found your answer. Just remember - like everyone says - nothing you do on race day should be new - for a 5 or 10k you can get away with changing things up - in a marathon, that little "itch" from the new shirt will be a bleeding sore by mile 20. Same goes for nutrition.

I personally love Il Mulino.

 

[crewmatt]

Also remember to take into consideration more then nutrition on those long runs, depending on your skin tone and expected finish time - sunscreen could be an important addition - and man doing summer races I'll tell you not all those sweatproof sunscreens are sweatproof. Same thing goes for accessories, hat, sunglasses (the sun will be rising about 3 hours into the race, and you will certainly be seeing it on Osceola). I would 100% go buy yourself a stick of body glide - you'll figure out pretty quickly on your own where that needs to go. I wouldnt show up to the marathon in a set of brand new shoes, you're best bet is if you like the shoes your in, a few weeks beforehand go buy another set, break them in a little, then pack them up. I also strongly recommend a SpiBelt to bring some supplies - I usually have a thing of gelcubes and a couple sticks of gum - yes I know its probably not that safe to chew gum and run..

 

[jmasgat]

I did the POR food court for pasta. They have a "pick-your-own" thing going--so you pick the pasta type, sauce, add-ins. Worked out pretty well.

Maura