pre cycle food/breakfast

nicholas anson

does anyone have a good recomendations for a light breakfast before a morning run. I keep getting it wrong, I either feel a bit sick or starving after about and hour.
cheers
nic

allaction

Porridge is best I find. Good slow release energy. have it a good half hour before you set off mind to allow it to digest.

domtyler

Try half a litre of PSP if you are getting nauseous with solids.

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andrewc3142

Smallish bowl of good quality muesli, preferably adding some fresh fruit (blueberries, yum) with kefir or yoghurt about 30 mins before setting out works for me for my morning 27 mile commute. A few slurps of water en route and quite often a smoothie when I get to work.

KeithG

Yup, second the oats recommendations as hot porridge in the winter and muesli in the summer.
Add dried fruit, jam,golden syrup, treacle, fruit juice or even salt/savoury flavours (in the porridge).
Don't get the cheap microwave porridge either, it should be a good quality oatmeal if poss and can be soaked the night before to speed cooking. I sometimes add a little whisky in it for flavour as a treat!

Max Weber

Porridge or muesli, glass of orange juice, banana or some other fruit.

peejay78

27 mile commute?

really?

54 miles a day?

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nolf

I usually have-
Bowl of Kellogs with lots of sugar and milk,
Bowl of Asda's Hawaiian Crunch with skimmed milk,
Then a peice of toast with Margarine and Jam,
Washed down with a glass of orange juice and a glass of milk.

That takes me about an hour to eat and I try and finish 20/30 mins before I start. If possible leave it longer before you start, that may help stop you from feeling sick.

Light breakfast eat just the bowl of Hawaiian Crunch and glass of juice.


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Albionrider

2 mugs of strong black coffee accompanied by 2 cigarettes and then off on my 15 mile commute.[:)]



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RedAende

Some people say to avoid microwave porridge but I successfully ran the London marathon on 2 packets and 3 bananas last year for breakfast. Lots of gells on route obviously.

Also try toast and jam for a lighter snack.

Avoid high fibre foods if doing a longish strenuous workout.

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Tynancp

I'm doing microwave porridge, it is easy

who has an hour to eat breakfast ffs

27 mile commute! [:0]

knedlicky

Glass of fruit juice, small bowl of muesli or oatflakes (with chopped dried fruit in it and cold milk on it), tub of plain yoghurt, thick slice of wholemeal bread with a little butter and centre dab of sour cherry jam, two cups of unsugared tea.

With a banana after about an hour, and drink, this did me for a strenuous 3 hours.

missy_rlj

a banana at best! thats all i have time for. I remember once i ate 2 packets of chewits before going to the gym and didnt get off the cross trainer for about 2 hours - still raring to go.

On a serious note try smoothies, thick breakfast ones.

andrewc3142

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27 mile commute?

really?

54 miles a day?

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27 mile morning commute, Woking to West End. It's almost all flat and the first part to Hampton Court is almost traffic-free. I try to ensure I do the round trip once a week but otherwise catch the train back.

I'd like to be able to cycle back each day but small kids, etc. Perhaps with my Acciaio on or around 11 July I can shave off enough for it to be feasible more often [:p]

Jonathan Mcp

As a porridge/meusli alternative, I'm using the weetabix Oatiflakes with fruit. I often get indigestion with porridge for some reason, and I don't get this with Oatiflakes, but they are still a nice low GI cereal.

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peejay78

i've got an acciaio - it's amazing.

what colour is your's?

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andrewc3142

Haven't got it yet (11 July, counting down the days). A really nice shade of blue with dark grey tape. Oh, and blue tyres.

105 standard double groupset and M540 pedals. I wanted to go for those rather cool triple spoke wheels but it was a cost too far once I'd counted in the Carradice seat post bag (for which I swapped to an aluminium post). Maybe later and have summer/winter wheels.

Glad you like yours.

Cheers

Andy

peejay78

i got veloce on mine and the vento wheels.

steel is best.

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andrewc3142

Just looked at the link to yours. Those wheels do look cool. Nice colour as well.

I agree about steel. Something about it.

We do seem to have digressed from the subject of this thread [:I]

peejay78

i think the ventos were standard - the bike was œ1100, they upgraded to chorus carbon seatpost for free.

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andrewc3142

Price has stayed the same but with the ventos a few quid extra. Included the carbon seat post but I wasn't sure about using carbon to mount an SQR block so switched to alu.

baudman

Back on the topic - no-one's mentioned Bananas!

My pre-ride breakfast is a banana and a long-macchiato. If it's a long ride, then in porridge with banana and cinnamon, and the coffee (of course!)

jibi

Oatibix bitesize. have just started using these and they seem to be OK.

george