Eating immediately before a marathon

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Johnny Blaze Apr 2012 11:07am, 4 Apr 2012 14,394 posts	0 Johnny Blaze Good call! I love me eggs, I do.
Naomi P Apr 2012 11:52am, 4 Apr 2012 9,745 posts	0 Naomi P I love Ogee's tactic, stuff of elites, that is! Egg and bacon sarnie?
DuncanG Apr 2012 1:34pm, 4 Apr 2012 657 posts	0 DuncanG Suprised to hear so many people eat and drink so much before the start. I am definitely in the breakfast 3 hours earlier camp then maybe a banana or two. Normally do my long runs off empty so I count on the breakfast as a bonus on the day. Does the sugar intake and/or loads of drink not give you a rush/low and the need to pee respectively?
ChrisThePuma Apr 2012 1:46pm, 4 Apr 2012 1,513 posts	0 ChrisThePuma Duncan - i sweat a lot so dispite drinking lots before and during a race i have never had to stop to pee as it is all sweated out. not sure about the sugar thing, do you still get a sugar rush/low when excersizing hard?
Lovely Lovely Gorgeous Apr 2012 9:48pm, 4 Apr 2012 436 posts	0 Lovely Lovely Gorgeous Cheese & Pickle sandwich for me before the start.
ogee Apr 2012 9:50pm, 4 Apr 2012 18,408 posts	0 ogee Woohoo!! Nice one LLG. My work is done
(schnell)Schnecke Apr 2012 10:50pm, 4 Apr 2012 6,650 posts	0 (schnell)Schnecke I've been known to neck a gel just before the start of a shorter race, but only if I know I've got to run a bit fast - that will not be a requirement for VLM, I suspect. I normally leave a good two hours after eating before racing or even running. Little Nemo - I know exactly what you mean, the sweet stuff just gets really nauseating after a while and I usually have a packet of ready salted in my bag for immediate post-marathon consumption. It's often accompanied by a Mars Refuel drink, or similar, so I'm surprised I usually manage to keep everything down, tbh