Routine if you run outside in the morning?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:44 here. I wake up about 30 minutes before I mean to get out of the door and have half a cup of coffee and half a pack (2 crackers) of belvita breakfast crackers. That helps me pop before I leave and not get a headache but not too much that it weighs me down.

I need to work on doing mobility/warmup before I run. I often just stare at my phone.

TMI

[Anonymous]

I have run better after my morning coffee. Two cups of coffee, drive kid to school, go for a run, then fix a light breakfast and settle down to start work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So awful for your body

Running?

[Anonymous]

Well, I'm 50. I get up and make kid's lunch, eat something light and drink coffee. Go to the bathroom in the middle of all this. Corral kid through the breakfast and prep hoops and bring them to school. Get back, take the mutt, go for a run. I used to roll out and go, but now I've got other responsibilities to manage.

[Anonymous]

43 M. I have found as I mature as a runner I can do easy miles first thing in the morning that are unstructured without eating. Even then, I usually have a banana or something. Otherwise, I get up super early, eat a normal breakfast, wait 2-2.5 hours, then run for 1-1.5 hours and get some sweet sweet coffee and some Greek yogurt and fruit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:44 here. I wake up about 30 minutes before I mean to get out of the door and have half a cup of coffee and half a pack (2 crackers) of belvita breakfast crackers. That helps me pop before I leave and not get a headache but not too much that it weighs me down.

I need to work on doing mobility/warmup before I run. I often just stare at my phone.

TMI

You clearly don’t hang out with runners much. You have to plan!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another 43 year old checking in! I wake up about 45-60 minutes before I start my run. Mostly, because I want my digestive system to process for a lighter run (I poop twice in the mornings).

In that time, I drink coffee, check emails/texts I missed overnight, feed the cat and clean the litter box, lay out my things for the day, make the bed, etc.

I do not eat anything before running, because I want an empty stomach. I have something light (an apple OR a hard boiled egg) after my run. I'm genuinely not that hungry in the morning.

To add: I don't stretch (not proud of this). I do walk 5-10 minutes before and after my run.

OP here. I used to not stretch much before/after either which eventually became a problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So awful for your body

Laying around doing nothing? It sure is. We were meant to move.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So awful for your body

Oh, you again? Hi.

You can skip the running threads, you know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So awful for your body

Don’t you have an Ozempic prescription to fill?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have run better after my morning coffee. Two cups of coffee, drive kid to school, go for a run, then fix a light breakfast and settle down to start work.

This is generally also my schedule but I add about 4 ozs of a smoothie and just one cup of coffee.

[Anonymous]

49. Wake up, walk the dogs, do some mobility work (mainly on calves and quads). Head out door. The walk with the dogs, usually a half mile, is a good way to get moving.

[Anonymous]

I usually shit shower shave then run

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I usually shit shower shave then run

Shower before run?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I usually shit shower shave then run

Shower before run?

Yes to warm the body up