I’m going to be pretty busy tomorrow prepping for the Cruisers’ W&OD Trail 45-Mile Ultramarathon Training Run and attending a fun social function (no, it’s not a run), so I might not talk write to you again until Sunday evening. I hope to be able to post tomorrow, but if I don’t, I promise to touch base on Sunday evening to let you know how we did on our run. Don’t forget that you can follow me on twitter and see how we are doing by following #CruisersUltra.
This afternoon I hit up Costco and Wegman’s and purchased some of the stuff we’ll need on Sunday. We’ll have water and Gatorade in the cooler for during the run, and chocky milk for after the run.
I’ll be making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (something I can’t stand), and nutella sandwiches (something else I don’t like). I love peanut butter, but have trouble mixing it with anything except bananas. Yep, I even dislike Reese’s cups and Reese’s pieces. Please don’t hate me!
I bought enough sugary snacks to keep even the most glycogen depleted person going. Can you believe that I’ve never had a Swedish fish? I’m not one to snack on these types of candies, but I’m looking forward to trying them, just so I can say I have.
M&M’s are an entirely different story! I would run 200 mile for the excuse to eat unlimited amounts of M&M’s. I prefer the dark chocolate or coconut ones, but since I don’t know if the other runners like them, I decided to stick with the basics. And yes, I plan to share!
We started carbo-loading tonight with a salad, bread, and rotini pasta, meatballs, and Wegman’s fresh vodka blush sauce. It’s not very colorful, but it tasted great!
- Questions:
- Reese’s Pieces or M&M’s? Go!
- Local people: Who’s joining us for part of the run?
- Who’s following us on twitter on Sunday?
I just followed you on twitter! I’ll be sure to check in and by all means, give yourself a break and take a day off blogging 🙂 Seeing all this food really makes me want to race this weekend so I can go ahead and eat after the race (even though I did this exact thing last weekend at the 13.1 distance and the results were not pleasant). Whatever you do, STAY COOL!
It’s supposed to be very humid tomorrow… ugh! We may be pouring most of the water over our heads! I’m running the first 15 miles, then crewing for a ways, and then hopping back on the trail for a few miles here and there. It’s the runner/s running the full distance that I’ll be keeping a close eye on.
Hope the race goes well! I’m not on Twitter, so I won’t be able to follow. Funny you can’t stand PB&J- neither can Barry!
Oh man I cannot believe you have not tried Sweedish Fish before. I love them so I hope you do, too! 🙂 I do not like M&M’s 😉 Not a chocolate fan.
Have a great run and I hope the whole event goes great tomorrow!
Is that even a question- peanut butter and chocolate… can’t beat that combo. Have a great run tomorrow!
emma @ a mom runs this town
Thanks, Emma!
Mmmmm. I like both! We put Reeses Pieces in our trail mix for long hikes & backpacking trips. Yum! I’ve never eaten chocolate on a long run but do use gummies & fruit snacks. Good luck tomorrow!
I didn’t eat any of the chocolate today, but I tried my first Swedish fish! Not a fan…
M&Ms! Preferable dark chocolate w/ peanut butter! 🙂
Mmmm, dark chocolate!
Those look like some DELICIOUS ultra snacks =). I’m more of a PB person than a chocolate person, so it’s the reeces pieces for me! I found that during my 50k, glazed donuts really hit the spot.
You should try that donut run I’ve heard about!!! I think you have to eat a dozen donuts during the race or something! HaHaHa!!!