This time around my goals are to run injury free and get the nutrition part down as well. Why nutrition? The past races that I have trained for I noticed that I was always tired after my long runs, obviously I wasn’t getting the right food in my system to finish the workout and make me last throughout the day. Also, I have changed how I eat. I have decided to embrace the Paleo lifestyle and now I have to learn how to train and eat within the Paleo lifestyle. Noticed I didn’t say diet. I hate that word. For me it’s a life style change, something I am doing to make me feel better. I can preach how I have felt after I stopped eating gluten and diary but I am not a priest. It’s something I found that works for me if you want to try, you can do so. I learnt everything I know so far about Paleo from Robb Wolf .
Though Robb has explained Paleo well he doesn’t know how to make Paleo work for the endurance runner and that is why I am now reading: The Paleo Diet For Atheletes by Loren Cordian and Joe Friel. I am hoping that reading this I will be able to recover quickly and have the energy I need to complete my workouts. I will keep you posted.
This week’s workout:
Day 1: Easy Run Dist.: 3 mi
Day 2: Speedwork Dist.: 4 mi, 2x 1600 in 8:22 w/800 jogs (only did 1 ½ of the 2)
Day 3: Long Run Dist.: 4 mi
Overall this week went well, hoping next speedwork I will be able to do all of it.
Kat
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