Best cereal for a runner

[L.F.F.]

Usually porridge ( no milk ) with a dozen grapes and a satsuma; otherwise a couple of shredded wheat ( supposedly zero added sugar and zero added salt ) with a drop of semi-skimmed.

Porridge with no milk sounds a bit on the dry side!

If not porridge, for me it'd be branflakes with a banana and toast with honey.

[sore legs]

Bacon butty with mayo and brown sauce or Ready Break with lots of sugar.

Plus several strong coffee's.

[Jez Hellewell]

You can get oats, barley flakes, rice flakes , Millett flakes etc. etc from Holland & Barrett. Mix 'em up with sunflower, pumpkin seeds, raisins, whatever tickles your fancy. After a few attampts you'll find a formula that works for you. Or, if you're feeling lazy, they have a muesli base. I like the Linwoods milled flaxseed & nuts sprinkled on my porridge & muesli. I'm getting hungry..............

When you say that you make your own, where can I get the grans and olas from?

[markmc]

Porridge oats mixed with oatbran and water with a spoon full of honey, fills you up and keeps hunger at bay a great way to start the day. :wink:

[A.P.E Knott]

Cook a pan of Long grained brown rice , leave to go cold and mix with low fat fruit yogurt .Low fat easy to digest and plenty of carbs.If you cook a decent pan full this will keep in the fridge for a few days and that is breakfast done easy.
Keep a few cans of tinned fruit (in juice not syrup) in the fridge use half , mix with dry porridge oats.my daughter (seven yrs old) loves this with a combination of special K or ,oats, weetabix etc. good source for fruit and carbo intake, again low fat and easy to do.

[tired calves]

Apart from porridge, what is the BEST cereal for a runner and what to sprinkle on top? Is MOO-SELI :wink:all it's cracked up to be or is it high in salt etc?

Homemade museli is not that high in salt . Buy some rolled oats, buy some dried fruits, mix together. Cheaper too!

[Alexandra]

Homemade museli is not that high in salt . Buy some rolled oats, buy some dried fruits, mix together. Cheaper too!

You can also mix in other flaked grains - jumbo oats, barley, wheat, rye. Also chopped nuts &/or seeds. I like to add malted flakes from the wholefood shop for crunch.

[Fleeter]

Anyone who makes porridge with water is a wrong en!

[markmc]

Anyone who makes porridge with water is a wrong en!

Were brought up tough here in Yorkshire:wink:

[Splatcher]

100% of the runners in my house wouldn't touch cereal with a bargepole. If we extrapolate from this it is clear that this is really not a suitable means of nutrition for fellrunners. Maybe it's all right for trail runners...