Clive, I'm Curious.......

I run maybe four days out of five.  Don't seem to get the chance to run on the weekends -- too much going on and/or too lazy.  Usually run at lunchtime, but occasionally after work.  I'd guess it's about a 3:1 split.  Started out with one of the technical division directors, then stepped it up to our COO.  (He runs about 7:45 to 8:30 pace, which is about what I run alone.  R&D dude goes about 10:00-10:40 per mile.)

I eat every day.    I have something of a pantry in my office, so I typically put something together and work through lunch.  The minestrone splatter on the contracts adds a certain "we don't take ourselves too seriously, and we don't take you very seriously either, Mr. Whirlpool" charm.

I eat breakfast every day.    Formerly always oatmeal, but I'm branching out.

Subject to circumstances and without being militant about it, I'm a big fan of eating a greater number of smaller "meals" throughout the day.  I tend therefore not to gorge at lunch, so I can run four or five hours later without fear of upheaval.  Plus, I get in touch with my Uisce side when I eat second breakfast.

Just like the books say, don't overdo it.  You're far more likely to quit or start skipping runs (which leads to quitting) if you're overwhelming your body and/or not allowing yourself sufficient recovery time.

A firmly established carb burner in its own right.

Did anyone else think that "Clive, I'm curious" sounded ghey? (at least partially, that is)

Yeah, I was pretty much expecting a bi/curious thread. But there's nothing not ghey about running shorts.

At the not insubstantial risk of being indelicate, I've experienced chafing "down there" in the past.  But I was running far greater distances and for far longer times at a stretch.  Plus, my package probably doesn't pendulate much, owing to the ritualistic daily binding.