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Hello all!
I started running on empty stomach but as I got more distance and discipline I started fuelling.

I’m wondering if anyone has experience running ~ 15km distances in the morning but only eating after.

Intuition tells me to skip breakfast for some reason but want to check first.

EDIT: Thanks for all the good info! I drank water and coffee then after dropping daughter at school did ~18km no food — felt good, ran my standard time for 5/10/15 without feeling different surprised! Added a hill at the end to check energy but didn’t feel tapped at all.
So now I know I can eat my usual *but* totally fine to skip food before.
Made my day!

Thanks😊👍🏽👍🏾👍🏿

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u/Elissa-Megan-Powers — 17 days ago
▲ 11 r/runninglifestyle

51 year old male, never used my body outside of a bit in high school. About ten years ago I quit a thirty year addiction, changed diet, lost a bunch of weight (did pushups ab rolls etc just trim up), a little fit but no running. A few years ago I quit smoking, at the time I couldn’t run for maybe 2 minutes before I had to stop for a minute. I told myself “if VI Warshawski (a fictional detective) can run five miles a day maybe it’s possible.” So i tried and eventually got to the goal. Being Canadian I figured “metric it yo” so I upped it to 10km a day. Then said “what does that mean? A day?” So I aimed for 10km a day for a year. Which I hit last June. I’m still going. It’s probably not a milestone for professional runners but personal goals feel like something good and true. Find something you can’t imagine you could do then go and try. Other runners encouraged my out of shape ass, they made me feel good for just trying.
I’m grateful for this subreddit because so many people post things that keep inspiring me and others. Thanks for everyone who’s answered questions and posted inspiration!

u/Elissa-Megan-Powers — 18 days ago