Good for you for getting your 5-miler in early! I still haven’t perfected my pre-run meal yet. Everything usually gives me a stomach ache or cramps . Trial and error, though! Have a great day!

Toast with peanut or almond butter is the answer. perfect balance of your carbs & protein plus easy on the belly…

Usually half a bagel, water, and a tylenol! 🙂

I actually don’t usually eat much before a run…..I either eat extra carbs the night before (to fuel me in the morning) or a small piece of fruit or a small piece of toast with almond butter in the morning. But like I said, under 90 minutes, you don’t normally need anything for a run beforehand because of the glucose that will be released from glycogen stores 🙂 This is an entirely different story if you’re running/exercising more than 90 minutes, however!

I personally favor half of a banana with peanut butter on top. Super quick. And delicious.

Before I ran 16 miles this morning I had cold leftover cheese ravioli. 🙂 That worked well, but I usually eat a pb&j sandwich (a big one)since I don’t eat a 2nd breakfast when I get home.

If Im eating right before a run, Ill usually have half a bar or a rice cake/toast with some nut butter.

Is your husband the only person who works at the clinic? Does he work there all day 6 days a week?!

Cute outfit! Love the belt – fashionista 🙂

You look very cute in your secretary outfit!

I’m sure a dozen people have already said this, but toast & pb is my go-to usually. Adds a little protein & fat, but not so much that it takes too long to digest. Nice work on the run! 🙂

I ran this morning and I always mix my herbal tea with a T. of Enerfood and then eat ww toast with chocolate pb and half a smashed banana with cinnamon on top. Fills me up and with only half a banana doesn’t sit TOO heavy. 🙂

I am the exact same way as you. I will basically run early for the same reasons. If we lived in the same city, I would run at 2pm with you!

I usually eat pb on an english muffins for longer runs. For shorter ones, I don’t eat.

cute outfit! i usually eat oatmeal before long runs. before a run of 8 miles or less, i usually don’t eat anything (or i’m running later in the day so i’ve had meal(s) already). today i had oatmeal with: 3/4 c oats, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1 chopped banana, dash salt (i never add salt to anything except on long runs), and 1 T natural pb- oh and water of course, because i can’t do milk before running). delicious and filling and non-crampy! i usually eat it about 1-2 hrs before running.

Wow, Jasmine’s story is amazing!!

Anyway, I workout in the morning for a mixture of all of those reasons, most usually the “it’s the morning or never” one.

The photo is gorgeous and the coffee mug is so cute! 🙂

I don’t eat anything before I run. I run right after I get up in the morning and I can’t really get food down that early. My stomach never feels good when I eat before exercising.

I find that either toast with PB or a banana with PB are easy to go down and digest well before a run… I can’t do too much dairy before I run, though. And I am not typically a morning person, either… but i can totally bounce outta bed and get a run on early if that’s what I need to do to fit it in! It’s refreshing.

I do not run early in the morning. I actually don’t do anything in the morning other than force myself to eat a little something for breakfast, drink a 1/2 cup of joe and dash to work. I guess if you count the 20 min walk to work, one could say I do morning cardio. So, I basically eat a few bites of oatmeal, maybe an egg or some peanut butter toast in the morning. I really am not a breakfast person.

I never do early morning runs. I need a full breakfast before I can run! 😛

Can’t wait to see what the husband had planned for you!

I eat a banana about an hour before the run. If the run is longer than 5 miles, I usually make a chia seed drink – water, sugar, lemon or lime juice and chia seeds.

Depends on how far I’m running. For a long (7 or more miles) I tend to have a cliff bar or toast and PB for a moderate or short I have recently become very fond of 1/2 of a banana with 1/4 cup cottage cheese, protein and carbs gets be right through!

I always eat toast with pb. It’s my go to meal and I know it won’t make my stomach do crazy things.

toast with AB & sliced banana is my staple – got it from you : )

i used to love getting up early to run (doesn’t happen now with a 4 month old 🙂 ) i used to run in the 4 or 5 o’clock hour and absolutely loved it! i could only stomach half an apple or a bread with nut butter and a little water. my tummy does better with less. i still eat the same now even though i don’t get to run until nap time (between 8&9am) so by the time i am finished i am starving!

Toast with butter or dry toast and a cup of black tea, works every time!

I love running in the mornings, but I will never run before breakfast because I have NO energy. And the heat is never really a problem in Vermont. I usually eat a normal, easy-to-digest breakfast with coffee (an absolute necessity for my runs!), wait an hour, and then head out! If I need to start early, I just wake up suuuuper early for breakfast.

If I’m feeling hungry I will eat a date or two or a banana, otherwise I ususally don’t eat before a morning run. That is unless it’s a long run, then I got for a bowl of oatmeal a couples hours before.

Before I go early morning I have a ‘power ball’ (almonds,dates/whatever food processed and stuck into balls) And half a banana.. only cause I want the other half for my oatmeal after!

I stick to carbs for my pre-run snack. I’m afraid of protein not sitting well in my stomach. Lately I’ve had half a slice of cinnamon-raisin toast with raspberry jam, then as soon as I return home, I’ll have the rest of the piece of toast, but I’ll spread it with sunflower butter. So yummy! Followed by a bigger breakfast of carbs and protein when I get to work.

Love your blog, by the way! I actually blogged about you in my blog a couple days ago. Yours was the first blog that got me into blogging.