I'm a new runner and need some advice - I read a lot about carb loading before races but I have an intolerance of wheat and dairy products and hate wheat-free bread and pasta (although I quite like rye bread). I'm also doing the Moonwalk on May 10 and so will need to stock up my reserves during the day, but what are the best things to eat? Should I just stick with jacket potatoes?
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Can you tolerate spelt flour? It's an old form of wheat, and I know some people who are generally wheat intolerant can eat spelt in moderation. It makes good bread, anyway!
And there's millions of things you can do with spuds, too . . . Nobody should ever have to eat baked potatoes more than once a fortnight. Yuk!!!!
And I forgot--whittards dark chocolate covered coffee beans. Eat loads. They're very good for you (cough, cough). Honest.
I'm hungry again!!!!!
I have the same issues with wheat and diary. The Terrence Stamp bread is great. Tesco do wheat free porridge, I eat rice crackers, loads of dried fruit. Tessco also do Bakers delight range which are wheat free..chery bakewells and chocolate cake amongst others. Village Bakery who have a web site at Melmerby do wheat free stuff and some based on spelt wheat ( personally cant cope with spelt wheat). Calvia soya spread and soya milk top up my calcium levels.
cheers
fergal k
Village bakery do nice wheat free cakes, for a carbo boost on running/race days and Sainsbury's and Tesco now have limited ranges of alternatives.
The rice bread is god awful, but I use it to make up bread crumbs for cooking because the rye is too heavy.
For a running day I'd start with porridge, have a nice salad with protein for lunch, and then a cake and off I go. Try the different ranges of wheat free pastas - some are less cardboardy and squishy when they're cooked.
Basically as i increased training I increased portions, I shouldn't worry overly about carbo loading per se, just make sure you eat plenty in the week before. For extra snacks i ate peanuts and dried fruits, as well as rice cakes with cream cheese (won't help you i know)
On the marathon in my little bag i had some packets of jelly and fruit gums for extra energy. If you can fit a banana in that may be a good idea as it shouldn't bruise too much if walking (doesn't work well if running i find!)
www.stamp-collection.co.uk (still can't do those hyper link thingys)I've tried some of the wheat free breads on offer at supermarkets and I'm not impressed, so I'll give this a try.
I ran a marathon and trained being meat free, wheat and dairy free. I found I got enough food to keep me from being hungry and enegry levels were fine.
Try quorn products. They do cold meat substitutes and fillets, sausages, mince, and several other meals.
Soya milk is a good source of protein and calcium and is good with cereals or make rice pudding, porrige etc.
Snack a jacks, hoola hoops, quite a lot of crisps are ok. read the labels.
Also Cauldron foods make pate, suasages, burgers.
I am also wheat intolerant and find that eating a larger meal at lunch time serves me - I have a baked potato / chuck it in the microwave for a few minutes and munch on that with some chicken or something.
Also, Sainsbury's have a MASSIVE wheat free / gluten free range - although I can't stand any of the "breads", I eat corn crackers with a range of meats / baby potatoes and wheat free pasta (which tastes a little odd, but otherwise ok).
Rice is great as well, and I really enjoy the Free From Nuts and Fruits breakfast as well. Cut up a banana, chuck in some yoghurt and you are good to go!
Hi
I often have periods where i'm totally raw vegan. Just eating raw fruit, veg, nuts and seeds and i have more energy and can run faster and further when i eat like this. All fruit and veg is full of carbohydrate. A daily green smoothie made with pears, banana, spinach or other greens and hemp seeds (sprouted if you can or just soaked) and you'll be running like you've had a rocket put under you. Add sesame seeds for calcium, theres more calcium in a spoonful of sesame seeds than a pint of milk!
Most of the quorn range contains wheat so do make sure you read the ingredients beforehand.
The best bread that I've found so far is the Rossiky Rye bread (you can get it in either Waitrose or Sainsbury). It doesn't contain wheat or yeast (it uses sprouted grains instead). It's not as dry and crumbly as a lot of the WF breads.
Brown rice has a higher GI level than most carbs. Usually after a long run I make myself a smoothie of a pint of soya milk, any flavoured soya yoghurt, a banana, handful of ice and any berries I've got - very filling.
Hi,
I've recently been diagnosed with coeliacs and I'm looking for a really good energy bar that I can try, so many of them have oats in!
Can anyone recommend any?
Thanks.
Not really a serious answer, but my mum (who has coeilacs) eats mars bars or bounty's when out shopping for the day - she says its impossible to buy snacks without wheat in cafe's. I think she also gets some kind of nut bar in Asda that she likes as they don't melt.
Or you could make your own, in baking tray, nuts and honey and fruit - kinida like flapjacks, without the oats!
Try Cliff bars - they don't have a specific website, but if you google them several sites sell them. Oat & raisin and the peanut bars are my fave.