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Originally Posted by slow&rusty

My wife and I had an interesting discussion, she prefers to wake up and start her exercise (she runs 3-6 miles), I prefer to have breakfast (a bowl of cereal) and a mug of coffee to put some sugar in my bloodstream as I typically will cycle 35 miles (this is on the weekend).

What do you guys do and / or recommend?

You don't need to eat before running/biking/exercising. You should be able to exercise the same whether you've eaten or not. I can run 6 miles after having had nothing but water (fasting) for the previous 36 hours as well as if I've eaten a meal or two that day.

You're body will switch over from burning glycogen (sugar in the blood) to burning fat. If you aren't used to it (who is) then your performance may flag a little until you've done it for a couple of weeks.