Fueling for long distances

Meat feast pizza for me.  The cheaper, nastier and more salt-laden the better!! 

Malt loaf was offered at the London Ultra 50k and it was great, im also another fan of hot cross buns,  Still I almost always get a dodgy tummy, on any run over 6 miles - doesnt matter if ive have breakfast or not, doesnt seem to matter what ive had the night before or how long its been since i last ate. getting twigs stuck in my hair as i dive into bushes is just part of the experience for me!

Did grantham ultra this weekend and stuck to gels, and carb drink. Stopped every 6 miles and had a gel and some drink, felt good and didn't feel sick at the end which was a surprise, I have recovery powder after runs now and it seems to work. Had porridge and honey for breakfast.Gels are easy to carry and take on route and as I am a terrible cook they work for me...good luck all of you for whatever mad plans you have.

A couple of gels and an energy bar (e.g. Go bar) are fine for a marathon but these sorts of things generally create nausea beyond that distance.  I find anyway.  Too sugary.

Next up is a trail mix as everyone else has been saying - I find goji berry mix from Julian Graves to be good.  More than 40 miles you're starting to need "proper food".  I like peanut butter-and-jam sarnies and malt loaf with marmite.

Once you're into really long distances you can eat anything, and the more of it the better!

A good tip is to start eating as early as you can in the ultra.  Never let the stomach empty.

Hi All,

I'm not an Ultra runner (yet) just training for my first marathon, but as a 5+ hours runner I was wondering if anyone here could help with what to eat during my long runs? I don't know much about Ultras but I assume you all are used to keeping going for many hours and fuelling up on the move. I've tried a selection of gels, jelly babies, sports drinks and Clif Shot Bloks but after my long runs I am usually very sick. I think this is due to my body not liking all the sugar or possibly I'm not drinking enough water for the sugar I've consumed. The max amount of carbs I've eaten per hour is about 20g and even this makes me sick - the ppl over on the VLM threads tell me that I need a minimum of 30g, preferably 60g of carbs per hour. My water bottle is 600ml and I usually drink that in a three hour training run. Does anyone have nay suggestions please? I don't understand why my body can't seem to tolerate food/drink (other than water) when I run.

Thanks for you help

mitiog

Like I said earlier in the thread - ginger, it's a great anti-emetic. Dr. Nic drank ginger tea on her cross-Channel swim to stave off sea-sickness. I use gingerbread, or ginger biscuits.