Saturday was my long run. 6 miles. I hadn't run that far since early June. It wasn't hot and humid which was wonderful.
I tried a lot of things during this run - Even though I don't usually take nutrition until more than 7 miles, I decided I needed to try it sooner to get my stomach used to it again.
When I woke (45-60 minutes before I started running) I had 1 flaxseed waffle with Peanut Butter and Jelly.
In the car, 10 minutes before I started running, I had a Salted Caramel Gu. This flavor now has caffeine. I don't think it did when I was training for my 1/2 marathon in 2014.
I wore my vest with the 2 water holders, 1 had tailwind - orange flavor -which is electrolytes.
I ran 3 miles on the rail trail. Then stopped (pausing my watch of course!) and had a second Gu and then ran the 2nd 3 miles with just a very quick stop because I ran into my BFF and her husband.
After my run I had my chocolate milk and when I got home and had showered I had oatmeal.
With the cooler temps and low humidity the run felt pretty good. I also tried my visor - since I will be running by the ocean in October and in Florida in January, I figure I better get used to running with a visor.
I didn't do any exercise again until Monday afternoon. My son is starting tennis lessons in a couple of weeks and I wanted him to get some practice, so I figured I would play with him. I haven't played tennis in years! It felt great to get out there. I should have worn my FitBit since there was a lot of chasing after balls!
Today was the first day of school. I love to run on the first day of school. Plus I am doing my long run on Friday, since the kids have no school, to get it out of the way, so I figured I should run today instead of my usual Wednesday. It was 44 degrees when I woke up this morning!
I was not overly impressed with my 3 miles. I had a minor blip yesterday with my eating. I went out to the Cheesecake Factory with my daughter - I avoided the bread, I avoided Cheesecake (even though I bought a piece to bring home to my husband), I had potstickers and a salad which combined was slightly less than 1000 calories. Dinner was a very small portion of leftover pasta and some leftover sauteed vegetables.
But.....In the middle of the afternoon both kids were doing their own thing and I had finished what I needed to do so I chose to sit and watch TV (something I never get to do during the afternoon) and ate a back of garlic croutons (these croutons are so freaking good, and so big it is like eating a pita chip) and a small container of chocolate hummus - I eat this like it is pudding. It is better than Nutella (can I say how proud of myself I am that Nutella hasn't been in our house sine the kids went to camp 2 months ago!)
So needless to say, even though it was nice and cool, I was sluggish. Working out daily should hopefully be a reminder than what I eat and drink the day before can affect my performance the next day.
I wish this "False Fall" would be here to stay because they mornings have been great. Needless to say, it is supposed to be 85 on Friday so even though I will be running early (kids have no school but I have to work!) it could be a very swampy run :(
I tried a lot of things during this run - Even though I don't usually take nutrition until more than 7 miles, I decided I needed to try it sooner to get my stomach used to it again.
When I woke (45-60 minutes before I started running) I had 1 flaxseed waffle with Peanut Butter and Jelly.
In the car, 10 minutes before I started running, I had a Salted Caramel Gu. This flavor now has caffeine. I don't think it did when I was training for my 1/2 marathon in 2014.
I wore my vest with the 2 water holders, 1 had tailwind - orange flavor -which is electrolytes.
I ran 3 miles on the rail trail. Then stopped (pausing my watch of course!) and had a second Gu and then ran the 2nd 3 miles with just a very quick stop because I ran into my BFF and her husband.
After my run I had my chocolate milk and when I got home and had showered I had oatmeal.
With the cooler temps and low humidity the run felt pretty good. I also tried my visor - since I will be running by the ocean in October and in Florida in January, I figure I better get used to running with a visor.
I didn't do any exercise again until Monday afternoon. My son is starting tennis lessons in a couple of weeks and I wanted him to get some practice, so I figured I would play with him. I haven't played tennis in years! It felt great to get out there. I should have worn my FitBit since there was a lot of chasing after balls!
Today was the first day of school. I love to run on the first day of school. Plus I am doing my long run on Friday, since the kids have no school, to get it out of the way, so I figured I should run today instead of my usual Wednesday. It was 44 degrees when I woke up this morning!
I was not overly impressed with my 3 miles. I had a minor blip yesterday with my eating. I went out to the Cheesecake Factory with my daughter - I avoided the bread, I avoided Cheesecake (even though I bought a piece to bring home to my husband), I had potstickers and a salad which combined was slightly less than 1000 calories. Dinner was a very small portion of leftover pasta and some leftover sauteed vegetables.
But.....In the middle of the afternoon both kids were doing their own thing and I had finished what I needed to do so I chose to sit and watch TV (something I never get to do during the afternoon) and ate a back of garlic croutons (these croutons are so freaking good, and so big it is like eating a pita chip) and a small container of chocolate hummus - I eat this like it is pudding. It is better than Nutella (can I say how proud of myself I am that Nutella hasn't been in our house sine the kids went to camp 2 months ago!)
So needless to say, even though it was nice and cool, I was sluggish. Working out daily should hopefully be a reminder than what I eat and drink the day before can affect my performance the next day.
I wish this "False Fall" would be here to stay because they mornings have been great. Needless to say, it is supposed to be 85 on Friday so even though I will be running early (kids have no school but I have to work!) it could be a very swampy run :(
You are doing great with your runs!!! I love how you listened to your body and noticed the different food just didn’t make you feel Andy operate as efficiently!!!
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