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[quote=Anonymous]It doesn't really need to be that complicated.

Sounds like you are a "normal" eater without any food restrictions, so you can probably pretty much keep doing what you're doing, and increase your intake a bit as you increase your distances, if need be.  You might want to do a nice carb-y meal (pasta, mmm) the night before your weekend long runs.  Maybe take it easy on the booze the night before, too, though a couple beers are ok.  (wine will dehydrate you a bit more, so drink more water with that.)  I do notice that I have a harder time running on Saturday morning if I didn't eat a good meal with some carbs the night before.  You might feel very hungry the day after your longest run - I like to go a little heavier on protein on those days, to feed your muscles.

Basically, your body can store about 2,000 calories.  A typical 140-lb woman will burn about 100 calories a mile, so you'll burn about 1,300 calories during a half-mary.  So you want to have fuel in the tank from the night before, and a small breakfast that morning, one that won't upset your stomach.  Once you get into long distances, consider some sort of fuel on-the-go, like power gels or clif beans or clif blocks.  (I can recommend all the Clif products, and the Honey Stinger gels.)

So essentially, if you're hungry, eat more.  Try to make the majority of it healthy, but don't sweat it if you like chicken wings. I do.  :-)[/quote]

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