Okay, so, rule of thumb. Night before a long-ish run, do not eat majorly fatty foods. Don't split them, and think you are still fine, just plain don't eat them. Don't do it. Hubby and I split a lovely grass fed burger and fries at a restaurant nearby, and I think our digestive systems used our 8 hours of sleep to punish us come 9am. Running+fatty meal night before= not happy tummy. I'll just put it that way.
Alas, a 5 miler was planned, and the calendar doesn't give much room for rescheduling, so I headed out. It wasn't Valentine's weekend, there wasn't any grand Saturday planned, just me, my shoes, and a run. A little less glamourous this go-around, right?
I think I was a little dehydrated, because all throughout the run I kept having this feeling that I needed a sip of water. I had to stop briefly several times to get a sip, and splash my face. The whole run just felt laborious and gross. I hit mile 4 and was finally happy to have only a mile left, woo hoo! Finished up my run feeling okay, but still bummed the 5 miles took me 55 minutes.
This week the mileage creeps up a little more. 4 miler for today, which I am going to try to do as 1 mi easy pace (5.0mph), 1 mi pickup pace (5.3 with incline), 1 mi flat and fast (6.0), and 1 mi back up hill (5.2 with incline). Let's see how this goes. I tried doing mile repeats last week - but felt like dying. Seeing as I have a huge amount of studying to do for next Tuesday's exam, I cannot afford to be nauseous and dizzy post-run.
So - today? I hydrate! Oh - and eating small meals throughout the day.....
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