A Full Morning - Eating Before Your Morning Run

Runner’s World Magazine writer Julie Upton provides us with some insights on why your morning runs can sometimes go bad. She writes, “You are out the door cruising around the neighborhood. Nothing can stop you–except maybe that dead feeling in your legs. And that empty feeling in your stomach.

The alarm sounds, and you roll out of bed and into your running shoes. Within minutes, you are out the door cruising around the neighborhood. Nothing can stop you–except maybe that dead feeling in your legs. And that empty feeling in your stomach. And the fact that no matter how hard you push, your normal nine-minute pace quickly stalls into a laborious 10-minute-plus shuffle.

Often times it’s a mystery why a good run goes bad. But any nutritionist can tell you in just two words what’s going on in a dead-leg morning slog: no breakfast.” Continued…