get some protein to help build those muscles (lean protein preferably like poultry or soy products)...fruits/veggies blah blah…no energy bars, gross gross and bad for you!
Carb loading the night before. Fluids with the proper electrolyte balance during the run. Since I participate in Winter Biathlon, I use cigarettes to steady my nerves before the shooting stages (an old European custom, now discredited).
@stranger_in_a_strange_land For those that smoke anyways, you’ll probably need a stick or two before you do anything that requires non-shaking hands. Then again, half the guys in the Navy had at least two cigs during the 1–½ mile run portion of the PRT.
What sort of runner? Sprint or long distance? In a marathon you need to car load – with a sprinter you just need to eat healthy – a carb load will slow you.
Not one lurve on this thread. That means either we’re all wrong or people are just being stingy with the lurve. I think we mentioned every food group. LOL