Eating for road race

[bossportsgal 136]

I'm running a 7 mile race and want to know if it's ok to eat lots of carbs night before and morning off?

[FlyFatA$$Fly 155]

7 miles isn't very far. I don't think you really need to carb load much for that.

[bossportsgal 136]

I am eight months out and have been eaten Pasta yet. Is it's OK if I have some?

[Lannie 135]

If you are going to do Pasta, I would recommend you try it prior to race day. You don't want to do anything new on race day. Try it to see how your system reacts.

As for carb loading for a 7 mile race, I'm not sure it is necessary. Pre-op - I didn't need to extra carbs for 7 mile; I haven't done more than 3 miles post-op.

My best advice is to just listen to your body.

[bossportsgal 136]

Thanks all. Had a little Pasta and did fine. Race over and did well.

[jess9395 5,449]

They've actually shown carb loading isn't effective or necessary most of the time even for long endurance races (marathon or longer).

I run. When I'm training I do several 5-8 mile runs in the normal course of a week and don't fuel for them any differently than any normal day. If I'm going over that is when I start worrying about fueling and even then I didn't carb load for my marathons.

[ProudGrammy 8,322]

On 8/19/2017 at 11:58 AM, FlyFatA$$Fly said:

7 miles isn't very far

@FlyFatA$$Fly

maybe not for you, but...........

@bossportsgal glad you did well

on the race - never doubted you would!

does the speed i used to do at a buffet

count towards running a race? LOL

if it does, i usually ended up in first place!!

kathy

[gwbicster 257]

I like you Nana...