Weekly check-in on a Friday? Inconceivable!

[blnchflr]

How are you doing, running-wise? Any races run and/or coming up?

Northern hemisphereans: Are you running more now that it's summer? Or less now that it's summer?

Southern hemisphereans: How's the current running climate where you are? Yay/nay weather?

Comments

[38thparallel]

Your lament about runner's trots had me teetering at the edge of a "OMG WTF STFU" moment. The horror! I can absolutely relate to that "stop and walk" aversion strategy. There are times when I purposely scout out public restrooms along my route in case of just such an emergency. I realize this comment is totally gross, but trots are so rude!

Bravo on 50k! I'm pretty envious of your 8k. Aside from seafood, is there something you'd recommend eating before a long run to help keep your energy levels high?

[blnchflr]

I'm glad I stopped and walked - I shudder to think what would have happened if I'd kept going. I hope it's entirely due to the crap (ha ha…) choice of dinner + amount + too close to race time, and not something I'm bound to experience on most for-me-longer runs.

is there something you'd recommend eating before a long run to help keep your energy levels high?
I have a somewhat vague understanding that runners don't really consider runs up to about 10K long enough to worry particularly about energy levels (or fluids, for that matter), but ilanarama will be able to weigh in with more authority.

When I do for-me-longer runs, it's mostly on the weekends sometime before lunch - my breakfast is a sizable portion of müsli with a whole banana chopped and mixed in + 2% greek yoghurt. It's what I have for breakfast every day, and I love it, and it's very filling and fulfilling.

[ilanarama]

Yeah, you really don't need to eat anything special (and in fact, should just follow your usual eating plan). In general you want complex carbs, some protein, not too much fiber or fat.