I thought I had some kind of dodgy digestion system (as well as being a fat b*****d) because i've noticed I always run stronger/faster if I have fish and chips the day before. It works better than pasta or any other kind of carbo loading i've tried.
Always has to be eaten with peas and gravy and washed down a can of dandilion and burdoch. Barm cakes are optional and depends on the ratio of the size of your eyes in comparison to your belly.
I'm running Reading on Sunday as well. Was thinking about pasta on Saturday, but after reading this thread - f**k it! A bit plate of fish and chips for me as well!
does it not feel heavey in your belly? and oily? do you have something in the morning? im doing reading debating between wholewheat pasta and white pasta, dads owns a chip shop but never eat it as it seems so fatty! tho it is great chippy! i always opt for gilled (he does for me) and salad!
Fridays I do my long run. Saturdays I lead two group runs. Friday night is fish and chip night for me (though I do remove most of the batter from the fish).
When I was a kid, on the way home from school I used to stop by the chippie for what we called "screeds" - the little bits of batter that fell off the fish and were collected in the tray below. Cost 1d, as I recall. Yes, that's one old penny. Slathered in salt and vinegar, they were too. Yum. Eaten from newspaper. Illegal nowadays, as most small pleasures are.
Hippo - 9:18. Close enough to my arbitrary target of sub-9 for me to count it as a win! It was somewhat tougher than I was expecting... Spartathlon qualifying time 10:30; woo hoo.
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my food of choice before a big run is often fish and chips - carbs and protein.
luvverly
What a great thread!
I thought I had some kind of dodgy digestion system (as well as being a fat b*****d) because i've noticed I always run stronger/faster if I have fish and chips the day before. It works better than pasta or any other kind of carbo loading i've tried.
Good.
Nothing wrong with a good plate of chips. I'm told those strange peeps oop north put gravy on their chips. Now that is bad.
Good.
You're allowed salt too - as it's a long run.
I run best on steak, a big pile of mash and veg - pasta doesn't do it for me either.
Always has to be eaten with peas and gravy and washed down a can of dandilion and burdoch. Barm cakes are optional and depends on the ratio of the size of your eyes in comparison to your belly.
Then wine/beer shortly after.
Then a good run at Reading is a cert.
I had a 5k PB shortly after finishing a huge Sunday roast with a whole bottle of wine.
¦oD
Good I think, but sounds counter-intuitive
nope, i think fish n chips is a FAB pre marathon meal
Good fish and chips ISNT oily at all-it should not be
i dont do pasta either
but NOT D and B
Bleurgh
Right, I'm going to see if I can finish off this McVities ginger cake...
Candy, have you burst yet?
Sho, the batter is the best bit!
we called those scraps Muttley
happy memories
And chips came in REAL newspaper
thats not allowed now either
YO candy!
Excellent time
Hope you are getting those beers in now
chips are great with either mayo, gravy or curry sauce