good eats

[Danagrrl]

and how do you eat, as part of your training routine? what do you eat, in general, and when?
can you suggest any good books/sites about diet and distance running? any diet disasters(real or imagined)? sound off here!

[BamaDave]

If you are already eating a healthy diet, you probably won't need to make significant changes (assuming you aren't on a low carb diet). I always eat breakfast before running (usually oatmeal or Natural Peanut Butter and Banana on Whole Wheat Toast), but different people have different tolerances for amount and type of food. Alot of runners eat cereal, bagels, breakfast bars, etc. before runs to get some quick carb fuel.

As long as you are eating a generally balanced diet with a good supply of vegetables, fruits, lean meat and fish, nuts/seeds, whole grains and lowfat dairy, I wouldn't worry about changings things up too much to support running.

[Phaedrus49er]

Being on a cyclical ketogenic diet, my runs are usually limited to Sunday afternoons and Mondays while I still have some glycogen left in my system. I certainly wouldn't recommend CKD for a general running program unless you're like me and need to continue the battle against FFB syndrome [img]smile.gif[/img]