What Should I Eat Before a Run?

Episode 6 – Fuel Your Run: What to Eat Before, During & After Running

What should you eat before a run? Do you actually need breakfast before an easy 5K? When should you start using gels? And how should your fuelling change when you go from a short run to a half marathon?

In this week’s Consistency Club Guided Run, Adam breaks down running nutrition without making it unnecessarily complicated.

Using simple analogies and relatable examples, we look at how your body stores and uses carbohydrate, what glycogen actually is, and why the duration and intensity of your run should influence how you fuel it.

In this episode:

🏃 Why an easy 5K and an all-out 5K require different approaches

⛽ Glycogen explained as your body’s fuel tank

🍌 Whether you actually need to eat before an easy morning run

⚡ What to eat before a hard 5K or parkrun attempt

🥣 How to approach breakfast before a half marathon

🍬 When gels and mid-run carbohydrates become useful

⏱️ Why runners going longer than around an hour may benefit from taking carbohydrate during their run