Nausea win running and after

The past few long runs I've found myself getting really nauseated after about 5 miles. It takes a couple hours for the feeling to go away. This Saturday I ate at around 8:30 and ran at 11:30. I drank about 55ozs of water before the run and hit a water fountain and had about 3-4 ozs at about the 5 mile mark. I thought the first time thi**** me it was because of a mild case of hypothermia now I'm not so sure.

make sure you are getting enough energy/calories and not over-doing it on the run.  are you running at a pace where you are really pushing the pace and barely able to breathe/keep your heart rate down?

No I keep my pace painfuly slow. Unless i go over an incline my breathing pulse never get to terribly high. I only drink water and someone had told me for my runs over 5 minutes i really need to drink something like a gatoraide and runs over 5 miles I need to take some gummies or gu. I'm a little scared to do that since I don't want to be blowing chunks on the side of the road.

trial and error, i use gels for anything well over an hour.  you can experiment @ home to make sure they don't cause you gastric distress or dumping before you try them on the road.  best of luck.

I don't know who told you this, but each body is different.

Ever since I was young, I've had problems with nausea anytime I was exercising with anything in my stomach.  To this day, closing in on 7 years post-op, I rarely drink anything if the distance is up to a half marathon, and I seldom eat anything before workouts.  I also sweat a lot and do fine.

You really don't need any extra calories unless you're workouts are over an hour.  Our bodies get good at supplying the blood glucose we need from glycogen stores and fats.  The main thing is that you eat a small recovery meal right afterward so your body can more readily replenish the glycogen it just used.

The only times I've ever used gels or drank anything are during marathons.

Linn

I used to have this same issue.  Now I eat a couple crackers with hard cheese about 30 minutes before I exercise and problem solved.