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such as jellybeans, or sports gels or drinks. For replenishing your carb stores after a run – you want to restock your glycogen stores within an hour of crossing the finish line – opt for a mix of slow- and fast-burning carbs, such as a whole-wheat bagel and a banana
.Q. What would you recommend eating for dinner the night before the marathon? The RatA. I have a bowl of pasta with salmon and broccoli in a light tomato sauce, followed by a banana and yoghurt. Don't worry too much about having a huge portion. Ideally, you
the resilience to complete the task, but with perseverance you can expect a triumphant arrival at the finish line. You'll have plenty of local support on the way too, with some villagers passing you water, bananas and sugar cane at the aid stations while others
-10) with these recipes from Harry Eastwood and the Honey Association:Honey Breakfast Fruit CakeBanana, Honey and Ginger Breakfast Smoothie
to refuel on the run. I have tried and given up on gels and bars as they give me terrible stomach cramps. In fact, I have even given up on bananas - I just don't seem to be able to take any food on board. I run marathons and train on water alone and I
saucepans, and thrusting sweets, chocolate cake, peanut butter sandwiches, bananas, pretzels and nuts upon a sodden but deeply grateful field. Every exhortation was personal, with eye contact made. Running through the country club district of Brentwood
- toilets were in extremely short supply, and the car parking was a 10-minute walk from the start. There were also no goodie bags for finishers, but admittedly most seemed happy enough with the bottomless bottled water and banana supplies on the line
over the railings, reaching asfar as possible to offer bananas and jelly babies, a companionable form offishing, whereing the "catch" is supposed to escape with the bait unhooked.Familiar faces stop, and hugs all round share the sweat between runners
, and drink plenty of water before you leave. If you can't face eating so early, take a sports drink or a banana smoothie to sip as you run, and make sure you refuel within 20 minutes of finishing your run. And you can feel suitably smug – runners bottle out
