Food Stuffs

The question was asked - what do you eat to keep going during a run. Well, consider my opinion an inexpert one as I've been running for about 3 or 4 months now, but during that time I have done two 16 mile runs over seriously hilly terrain. One was the Pentland - see my other post. I have also done 2 hill races of 6 and 8 miles, but no road running...

Anyway, I have been told and agree that runs of less than 1 hour 20 min to 1h 30m don't need food or water on the way. Anything more and the body will be 'running on empty', so to speak. In general, when you are going fast or before a run I can't eat anything as it will repeat on me. I went slowly on my first 16 miler and ate malt loaf, mars bars and haribo. I thought I'd be going faster on my second 16 miler, so I only took 2 small mars bars and I was quite hungry, even after eating some of my partners chocolate! There are even reviews for malt loaf - it's that good! ASDA own brand works for me at 22p-a-loaf!

Perhaps hill running is better than road running for eating, because a lot of people walk uphill anyway, it is possible to eat or drink on the move. By the way, I was quite thirsty on my first 16 miler as I drank 2 litres in about 13 miles in mild weather. On my second 16 miler it was very windy and rained for an hour. I had two cups of water, 1.5 litres from my sac and wasn't thirsty...

On the KIMM I am thinking of taking a wayfarer meal, two boil-in-the-bag rices and some readybrek. Not decided on lunch yet. If anyone has any better ideas - comment on this post please!