April 2017 Running Challenge
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@7lenny7 - The 50k is just talk right now.
It is pretty far off (October 28) and I have nowhere near the mileage currently, so a LOT can change between now and then. But if I can get my mileage up in real life the way the plan on paper shows, then it can definitely be done. 
I signed up for a 50k last year but just a day or two after registering I wound up injured. So go figure I start thinking about a 50k already. 
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4/1 - 4 miles on the dreadmill + cross-training - zumba
4/2 - 12.7 mile long run (night on a crappy couch-worth of sleep, and stomachache from a new gel)
4/3 - rest
4/4 - 9 mile glorious run in the misty rain / 1 mile treadmill + cross-training - strength training
April Total: 26.7/170
373.7 miles/2,017 miles - goal for the year
Today's run was my reward for gutting it out through the dead legs and stomachache of Sunday's long run. What a run! Light, misty rain, but just warm enough to not need my waterproof jacket. Started out feeling strong, and by 5 miles in I got that 'I can run forever' runner's high feeling, which even started on an uphill, that lasted through the rest of my 9 miles, and I'm still feeling it now, lol. These are the runs that make you say, 'gee I LOVE running so much!!!' I had my arms flung out to my sides as I flew down the last big hill, with a big grin on my face, lol. And you can totally see the runner's high kick in on my splits, lol
Need 10 miles for today, and was going to do 8 at lunch, and 2 on the treadmill after work before lifting, but I didn't want to stop running! Only reason I didn't do the full 10 on this run was because I needed to get back to the office. Damn job, lol. So now I'll just do 1 mile as a warm up to lifting tonight.6 -
@JessicaMcB @7lenny7 @WhatMeRunning You all are evil.... I am so close to just doing it and saying that I'll just take a little time off after my June Marathon and start training for the 50k and use the September Marathon as a training run. I'm fairly certain I can do it, only thing holding me back is that I haven't run a full yet......2
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Haha you're gonna do it @MNLittleFinn, I know it! Now someone help me figure out how to sell my husband on solo registration for this being a Mother's day gift lol. The FAQ is killing me, "What is the terrain like? Well its rocky and mountainous because it's in the Rocky Mountains..."
http://www.sinister7.com/6 -
JessicaMcB wrote: »Haha you're gonna do it @MNLittleFinn, I know it! Now someone help me figure out how to sell my husband on solo registration for this being a Mother's day gift lol. The FAQ is killing me, "What is the terrain like? Well its rocky and mountainous because it's in the Rocky Mountains..."
http://www.sinister7.com/
My June marathon is on our 10th anniversary, so I kind of know about convincing spouses of getting races for gifts....LOL....just kidding, I was going to run a half and she said go big or go home. My wife is awesome.
Just tell your husband that it's a "once in a life time" run....we're simple beings that fall for that stuff.2 -
Starting! Training for a half marathon in May. This month kicking up the weekend runs to 10 miles, doing 3 training runs during the week. Would shoot higher, but also incorporating various strength training, gymnastics, yoga, and HIIT workouts so...I don't want to absolutely KILL myself ^_^
Excited I found this board! Hey runners!
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Another 4.3mi today after a lazy Sunday/Monday so 8.5mi so far. I hope I posted the ticker properly.
Hi @JessicaMcB my sister runs that race every year and loves it! Her husband is not cool with it either lol, especially last year she ran the midnight leg and even I was uneasy with it1 -
@MNLittleFinn - You know, you COULD just do your first full 26.2 DURING your first 50k!
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WhatMeRunning wrote: »@MNLittleFinn - You know, you COULD just do your first full 26.2 DURING your first 50k!
Ha! First 26.2 is in 11 weeks and already paid for1 -
Haha @WhatMeRunning knows where it's at!JohnRoderick wrote: »https://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/t/wtQKG2Y/exercise.png
Another 4.3mi today after a lazy Sunday/Monday so 8.5mi so far. I hope I posted the ticker properly.
Hi @JessicaMcB my sister runs that race every year and loves it! Her husband is not cool with it either lol, especially last year she ran the midnight leg and even I was uneasy with it
Haha my husband doesn't even fully "get" trail running. I swear he imagines me running on a lovely paved path in the middle of nowhere or something. When I came home with my shins torn up and bleeding a few weekends ago (high kneeing it through a lot of snow full of dead briars in Wilmore Park if you are familiar with central AB) he actually said, "So wait, you're just running through the woods?" The bears and yotes and racing through the night would likely not make him happy either lol
Does your sister solo it or run in team? I know one other person who has run Sinister but she hasn't soloed.1 -
@icecreambecky - Welcome! If you can run 25 to 30 miles a week, including a long run of at least 10 miles once a week, you can pretty much run a half marathon whenever you see one you want to run. Any training more sophisticated than that would be intended to improve your finishing time. I don't think you're likely to kill yourself if your half is in May and you're already doing 10 mile long runs in early April.1
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JessicaMcB wrote: »Haha @WhatMeRunning knows where it's at!JohnRoderick wrote: »https://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/t/wtQKG2Y/exercise.png
Another 4.3mi today after a lazy Sunday/Monday so 8.5mi so far. I hope I posted the ticker properly.
Hi @JessicaMcB my sister runs that race every year and loves it! Her husband is not cool with it either lol, especially last year she ran the midnight leg and even I was uneasy with it
Haha my husband doesn't even fully "get" trail running. I swear he imagines me running on a lovely paved path in the middle of nowhere or something. When I came home with my shins torn up and bleeding a few weekends ago (high kneeing it through a lot of snow full of dead briars in Wilmore Park if you are familiar with central AB) he actually said, "So wait, you're just running through the woods?" The bears and yotes and racing through the night would likely not make him happy either lol
Does your sister solo it or run in team? I know one other person who has run Sinister but she hasn't soloed.
She runs the team race. I never knew anyone could solo it!! Isn't it like 7 x 20km legs or something?! Up a mountain or two? Your a trooper!!0 -
JohnRoderick wrote: »JessicaMcB wrote: »Haha @WhatMeRunning knows where it's at!JohnRoderick wrote: »https://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/t/wtQKG2Y/exercise.png
Another 4.3mi today after a lazy Sunday/Monday so 8.5mi so far. I hope I posted the ticker properly.
Hi @JessicaMcB my sister runs that race every year and loves it! Her husband is not cool with it either lol, especially last year she ran the midnight leg and even I was uneasy with it
Haha my husband doesn't even fully "get" trail running. I swear he imagines me running on a lovely paved path in the middle of nowhere or something. When I came home with my shins torn up and bleeding a few weekends ago (high kneeing it through a lot of snow full of dead briars in Wilmore Park if you are familiar with central AB) he actually said, "So wait, you're just running through the woods?" The bears and yotes and racing through the night would likely not make him happy either lol
Does your sister solo it or run in team? I know one other person who has run Sinister but she hasn't soloed.
She runs the team race. I never knew anyone could solo it!! Isn't it like 7 x 20km legs or something?! Up a mountain or two? Your a trooper!!
It's 160k for a solo. I believe they open up 300 spots for soloists- 295 are spoken for already
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@JessicaMcB WOWZA0
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JessicaMcB wrote: »JohnRoderick wrote: »JessicaMcB wrote: »Haha @WhatMeRunning knows where it's at!JohnRoderick wrote: »https://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/t/wtQKG2Y/exercise.png
Another 4.3mi today after a lazy Sunday/Monday so 8.5mi so far. I hope I posted the ticker properly.
Hi @JessicaMcB my sister runs that race every year and loves it! Her husband is not cool with it either lol, especially last year she ran the midnight leg and even I was uneasy with it
Haha my husband doesn't even fully "get" trail running. I swear he imagines me running on a lovely paved path in the middle of nowhere or something. When I came home with my shins torn up and bleeding a few weekends ago (high kneeing it through a lot of snow full of dead briars in Wilmore Park if you are familiar with central AB) he actually said, "So wait, you're just running through the woods?" The bears and yotes and racing through the night would likely not make him happy either lol
Does your sister solo it or run in team? I know one other person who has run Sinister but she hasn't soloed.
She runs the team race. I never knew anyone could solo it!! Isn't it like 7 x 20km legs or something?! Up a mountain or two? Your a trooper!!
It's 160k for a solo. I believe they open up 300 spots for soloists- 295 are spoken for already
Better get on that and register then.2 -
JessicaMcB wrote: »Haha you're gonna do it @MNLittleFinn, I know it! Now someone help me figure out how to sell my husband on solo registration for this being a Mother's day gift lol. The FAQ is killing me, "What is the terrain like? Well its rocky and mountainous because it's in the Rocky Mountains..."
http://www.sinister7.com/
@JessicaMcB I believe that our little PR club is putting a team together for this, it conflicts with a potential family obligation so it's a no go for me.
It's not Sinister7 but 8 days until Emperor's Challenge Regristration opens. 2017 Registration opens at 12:01am on April 12th, 2017 and filled in approximately 18 hours in 2016. Race Day is Saturday August 12th, 2017. 129 days2 -
Sigh. 140 new posts.
I ran 5.35 miles yesterday but I didn't run today because I have been feeling awful all day. I laid in bed and listened to the radio for a while and now I have to go to therapy. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to run.3 -
Just getting back to running after an injury. I'm in for 40!
4/3 - 2 miles (gotta start somewhere)
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I still am running on a sore knee, so still wearing a brace. I might have experienced some tendinitis in the other shin. Anyway, was sore since Sat. all around, but have been taking NSAID's. First run since Sat. was 7.41 miles tonight. I need to step it up as I'm still trying to aggressively lose weight right now. Have been cutting back calories to make up, but that isn't quite enough.
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4/3/17 3.8 miles
4/4/17 3.2 miles
7 out of 40 completed.
It was pretty windy today but I still enjoyed the run. For the first time I was kind of worried that all those people who told me I was going to "blow away" might be right. It was hard running into the wind, and I was kind of slow but I got it done.
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Date Miles today - Miles for April
4/1 20 miles - 20
4/2 10 miles - 30
4/3 REST DAY
4/4 10 miles - 40
4/4 4 miles - 44 << Daily Double
Upcoming races:
UAH 8K - 3/6 <<< 34:33 3 in AG
Oak Barrel HM - 4/2 <<<< 1:38:00 3 in AG
Bridge Street HM - 4/10 <<< 1:36:33 3 in AG
PEO-AVN Team Day 5K - 5/4 <<< 19:10 (2.9 mi) 1 in AG 5 OA
Cotton Row Run 10K - 5/30 << 44:57 PR
Firecracker Chase 10.2 miler 6/25 << 1:20:22 1 in AG & 15 OA
Huntsville Half Marathon - 11/12 << 1:35:55 2 in AG & 25 OA
Rocket City Marathon - 12/10 << 2:44:41
Elkmont Hound Dog Half (unofficial) - 1/21 << 1:46:48 2 OA
Elkmont Hound Dog Half (rescheduled) - 2/18 << 1:41:04 1 in AG & 24 OA
Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon - 4/29
I am having some pretty amazing runs these last few days. Saturday I ran the fastest 20 miles in a long time with the first 10 either GMP or just a tad bit slower or faster. The next day I come out with a great 10 miler that was about 35 seconds slower than GMP. This morning I ran a 10 miler that was pretty much almost all at GMP (except mile 9) and then I did a daily double where I did a 4 miler and the first 3 were lactate threshold pace. I think I am priming at just the right time. This is my last hard week and I will begin my taper next week for KDFM.
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WK: 4.3.17 - 4.9.17
M - Rest / Recover Day
T - 9 m. 9:05 pace. TM.
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T - OFF
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Total - m.
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WhatMeRunning wrote: »@angmarie28 - Long distance running doesn't require a pre-run energy boost of any sort, it's just not how the muscles work. In any running you are depleting your muscle glycogen, but for long distance running you want that store of glycogen to last as long as possible. So this running needs to be done in an aerobic state so as to burn primarily fat from your body as fuel (as well as lactate produced in your muscles from running). Training your body to do this with a long distance training plan adapts your muscles and everything else to adjust to such a state. Believe it or not, the purpose of gels and all that is NOT to power your muscles at all, and your muscles are not really even going to use them. What the gels and stuff does is keep you blood sugar levels high enough to feed your brain. Your brain only runs on glucose, it will not run on fat. Your muscles are different though and can run on fat without needing glucose from your blood sugar. Those gel packs only have about 100 calories, so it is pretty obvious they are not feeding the muscles which will be burning a lot more than 100 calories during that time!
Are you so fatigued ahead of your Saturday morning runs that you can't run without something perking you up? I am suspecting not, but if so then that is a WHOLE other story. Assuming you COULD run, you should alternate between fasted and non-fasted runs. There is data out there supporting this. The idea is to have your muscles program themselves to run more on fat than glycogen, meaning your glycogen stores last longer, and you can go further. The reason for alternating between fasted and non-fasted runs is that there is data out there showing that those who always run in a fasted state show the same level of adaptation to fat-burning as those who always run in a non-fasted state. But those who alternate make this adaptation faster. I don't know why, but as I said, there is data out there supporting this. By fasted run, this means starting out in a fasted state. It doesn't mean not taking anything at all during the run if it's a long run.
You should take something to refuel for long runs. Think of long runs by time, not distance. I find I don't need fuel for any run less than 2 hours, but any run over that and I need to plan ahead. Some fuel every 45 minutes, I fuel closer to every hour. About 100 calories of sugar is what you are looking for, but the gels and stuff like that also add in electrolytes, because they have electrolytes and stuff (sorry for the Idiocracy reference). Just find what settles well, is easy to carry, and tastes good.
Yikes, that's a lot, didn't mean to make a long post. Hope this helps!
The concept has to do with diminishing returns. Running in a fasted state will only help you improve your fat burning capabilities so much. If you always run fasted, then you are not always training at peak performance. If you run some training runs in a fully fueled state, on those days you should be able to train with higher intensity (thus stressing your anaerobic and aerobic systems harder). In your fasted days, you are targeting your fat for fuel capabilities. Also, on your fully fueled days, you will get to practice your refueling techniques, see what fuel works best for your body, see if you can hold race pace, ect. Early in your training cycle you will run fasted more often than fully fueled and later in your training cycle you are going to insert a lot more fully fueled days (in theory).
I tend to run fasted anyway since I run first thing in the morning and the only thing I can get into my system is a mug of coffee before I go out and run.6 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »JessicaMcB wrote: »JohnRoderick wrote: »JessicaMcB wrote: »Haha @WhatMeRunning knows where it's at!JohnRoderick wrote: »https://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/t/wtQKG2Y/exercise.png
Another 4.3mi today after a lazy Sunday/Monday so 8.5mi so far. I hope I posted the ticker properly.
Hi @JessicaMcB my sister runs that race every year and loves it! Her husband is not cool with it either lol, especially last year she ran the midnight leg and even I was uneasy with it
Haha my husband doesn't even fully "get" trail running. I swear he imagines me running on a lovely paved path in the middle of nowhere or something. When I came home with my shins torn up and bleeding a few weekends ago (high kneeing it through a lot of snow full of dead briars in Wilmore Park if you are familiar with central AB) he actually said, "So wait, you're just running through the woods?" The bears and yotes and racing through the night would likely not make him happy either lol
Does your sister solo it or run in team? I know one other person who has run Sinister but she hasn't soloed.
She runs the team race. I never knew anyone could solo it!! Isn't it like 7 x 20km legs or something?! Up a mountain or two? Your a trooper!!
It's 160k for a solo. I believe they open up 300 spots for soloists- 295 are spoken for already
Better get on that and register then.
I know, right? Gotta talk to the boss though
My run tonight started off well and then I got chided hard by a cyclist for not hearing him behind me for maybe 50m. For the record I was to one side, he could have easily passed me. So then I was hyper-aware of effing everything after that (OCD is a hell of a thing) and was basically panicked the rest of the time I was out. Also cat-calling is back in season apparently. Good times were had by no one -_- .
April 1- 42.2
April 2- 7.6
April 3- 14
April 4- 13.4
77.2km/300km
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WhatMeRunning wrote: »@angmarie28 - Long distance running doesn't require a pre-run energy boost of any sort, it's just not how the muscles work. In any running you are depleting your muscle glycogen, but for long distance running you want that store of glycogen to last as long as possible. So this running needs to be done in an aerobic state so as to burn primarily fat from your body as fuel (as well as lactate produced in your muscles from running). Training your body to do this with a long distance training plan adapts your muscles and everything else to adjust to such a state. Believe it or not, the purpose of gels and all that is NOT to power your muscles at all, and your muscles are not really even going to use them. What the gels and stuff does is keep you blood sugar levels high enough to feed your brain. Your brain only runs on glucose, it will not run on fat. Your muscles are different though and can run on fat without needing glucose from your blood sugar. Those gel packs only have about 100 calories, so it is pretty obvious they are not feeding the muscles which will be burning a lot more than 100 calories during that time!
Are you so fatigued ahead of your Saturday morning runs that you can't run without something perking you up? I am suspecting not, but if so then that is a WHOLE other story. Assuming you COULD run, you should alternate between fasted and non-fasted runs. There is data out there supporting this. The idea is to have your muscles program themselves to run more on fat than glycogen, meaning your glycogen stores last longer, and you can go further. The reason for alternating between fasted and non-fasted runs is that there is data out there showing that those who always run in a fasted state show the same level of adaptation to fat-burning as those who always run in a non-fasted state. But those who alternate make this adaptation faster. I don't know why, but as I said, there is data out there supporting this. By fasted run, this means starting out in a fasted state. It doesn't mean not taking anything at all during the run if it's a long run.
You should take something to refuel for long runs. Think of long runs by time, not distance. I find I don't need fuel for any run less than 2 hours, but any run over that and I need to plan ahead. Some fuel every 45 minutes, I fuel closer to every hour. About 100 calories of sugar is what you are looking for, but the gels and stuff like that also add in electrolytes, because they have electrolytes and stuff (sorry for the Idiocracy reference). Just find what settles well, is easy to carry, and tastes good.
Yikes, that's a lot, didn't mean to make a long post. Hope this helps!
The concept has to do with diminishing returns. Running in a fasted state will only help you improve your fat burning capabilities so much. If you always run fasted, then you are not always training at peak performance. If you run some training runs in a fully fueled state, on those days you should be able to train with higher intensity (thus stressing your anaerobic and aerobic systems harder). In your fasted days, you are targeting your fat for fuel capabilities. Also, on your fully fueled days, you will get to practice your refueling techniques, see what fuel works best for your body, see if you can hold race pace, ect. Early in your training cycle you will run fasted more often than fully fueled and later in your training cycle you are going to insert a lot more fully fueled days (in theory).
I tend to run fasted anyway since I run first thing in the morning and the only thing I can get into my system is a mug of coffee before I go out and run.
As I am reading @WhatMeRunning response more (by the way everything is correct in what he is saying about using fat for fuel and glycogen expenditure and what not) one thing I need to add. If you want to use fat for fuel, your body needs oxygen. That is why you need to slow down and stay at an aerobic intensity like @WhatMeRunning wrote. Your muscle cannot burn fatty acids without oxygen.
So understand this. When you run, you are breathing in oxygen which fills up your lungs. Which then has to transfer to your blood by attaching to hemoglobin. The heart pumps that blood to all places starting with the big arteries down to the tiny capillaries which feeds directly to your muscle. Your muscle then takes in that oxygen into the mitochondria which is then able to use that oxygen with fuel (glucose and fatty acids) to make ATP. It's the ATP that fuels each muscle contraction which allows you to run, jump, swim, ride a bike, ect.
When we start out, our body is not used to running or exercise of any kind. The body is lazy and will only maintain a level of fitness that we place demand on. So if you just all of a sudden decide to run 3 miles or swim 400 meters or bike 20 miles, your body reacts by going Holy *kitten* what are you doing to me. Your heart is weak, so it can't pump that oxygen rich blood fast enough of where it needs to go, the hemoglobin count is lower so you won't transfer as much oxygen with each breath, so less oxygen is going to your muscles, your capillary count is lower so you can't get that blood fast enough to your muscles, and your mitochondria count is low and small in size. So even if you could rush the oxygen to your muscles, your muscles couldn't even use it. But as you train at that slow conversational pace for longer and longer durations, your heart start to get that much stronger, your hemoglobin count rises, your body produces more capillaries around your muscle cells, and the mitochondria in your muscle cells get bigger and increase in number. When your body is able to use more oxygen, it can fully burn glucose and also use fatty acids. Plus your body produces more enymes that will release more fatty acids into your blood stream from the fatty tissue you have hanging. All of this = to more energy for your running.
So you could eat 5 Snicker bars like 45 minutes before you run and eat a gel pack every 30 minutes during your run, but if you are fairly new to running, because your body cannot deliver enough oxygen to your running muscles, all of that sugar is not going to do you any good. Not too mention that your blood can only have a certain level of glucose at any time anyway. You need to improve your cardio vascular system to get more energy. In order to do that, lots and lots of very slow running. Conversational pace slow running.
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@ariceroni I always hated wearing sunscreen while I run because it always felt so heavy and gross and made me feel sweaty instantly. A dermatologist told me a few years ago that with my fair skin and light eyes that I'm more susceptible to developing skin cancer and that's it's super important to wear sunscreen. This is after years and years of swim team and lifeguarding and not doing a great job at all to protect my skin. Last year I was on a mission to find a sunscreen that I could tolerate while running and I've found that Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch sunscreen works the best for me for running. I use the lotion but I believe they sell it in the spray can as well. Now I just need to get used to running with a cap and sunglasses.Question for the group: I never wear sunscreen, never have in my entire life (and I lived in FL until I was 18!). This thread has made me realize that this is a huge mistake, and I need to start protecting my skin asap! What sort of sun protection does everyone use, or are there any brands that you would recommend for running? Preferably something that sprays on, as lotions cause me severe panic attacks related to childhood trauma.
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As far as BCAA's or branched chain amino acids.... It's a totally different kind of fuel.
Food is basically categorized as either Carbs (sugar and starches), Fat, or Protein. All carbs break down into simple sugars in the digestive system like glucose or fructose. Your body can store a certain amount of glucose in the muscles and liver as glycogen. Excess carbs (what you can't burn in a day) is then stored as fat. Dietary fat (fat you eat from foods) break down in the digestive system as fatty acids and glycerol. Proteins you eat break down into amino acids.
There are 20 different types of amino acids that the human body needs. Your body can manufacture most of those amino acids from any other type of amino acids you eat except for 9 of them. These 9 are called essential amino acids. The only way your body can get these 9 is from consuming the types of protein that contains them. Some protein that you eat may contain some of these 9 (which we call incomplete proteins). If a protein contains all 9 essential amino acids, then its called a complete protein. All animal protein (beef, chicken, fish, dairy) are complete proteins. Soy is also a complete protein. Some combination of foods provide a complete protein. We call these complementary proteins. For example, rice (mostly a carb) is also an incomplete protein because it contains some of the 9 essential amino acids. Beans is also an incomplete protein but it contains the essential amino acids that rice lacks. So if you eat beans and rice together, it becomes a complete protein which makes them complimentary foods.
Amino Acids are the building blocks for building your structures like muscle cells. It's why body builders eat a ton of protein. If you run or do a lot of strength training and it causes you DOMS (delayed onset muscle syndrome) it's because you have muscle damage and your body needs to repair it. It uses amino acids from dietary protein to create new protein to build new muscle cell fibers. So if you get DOMS a lot, make sure you eat more complete protein. Amino acids can also provide energy (in certain desperate situations) just like sugar and fatty acids. Your body prefers sugar over fatty acids for energy and will use amino acids as a last resort. BCAA's aren't going to provide you any more energy, but it will reduce the risk of your body breaking down the protein in your muscle cells for energy. BCAA's are more for immediate repair as a result of muscle damage caused by exercise.
BCAA's get their name because of their chemical shape (they are branched chains). 3 in particular is used in BCAA supplements (leucine, isoleucine and valine) and are the jump starter amino acids when it comes to repairing muscle damage. And those 3 are 3 of the 9 essential amino acids.
I hope this helps.7 -
Had a good 2 mile jog today. 3/254
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JessicaMcB wrote: »@MNLittleFinn you've been at this long enough to know that distance is largely a mind game (and thankfully the majority of us are insane anyway
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Partially true. Yes, your body can go a lot further than what your mind tells you.
However, play chicken with this, and you can create a serious injury. Like building up too much mileage too quickly, or concentrate your weekly mileage into your long runs and not enough in your mid week runs. Or do too much speed work, or not running your easy runs easy. You want to challenge your boundaries but in a smart way.
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@angmarie28 - I'll echo @garygse's comments. I've gone from hating running, and needing fuel and hydration throughout a 3-mile run, to now only doing fuel for long runs (> 1.5 hours).As for fueling, have you thought about trying to run while a little fasted? The idea is to train your body to use the more abundant fat for fuel, rather than relying on the limited (by comparison) carb resources. I generally run first thing in the morning, and have nothing to eat before going out (so we're talking at least 8 hours or so without food) and do just fine; I carry some gels just in case, but so far I've been able to run 19 miles straight without needing them. Just my two pennies.
I also run first thing, and the only thing I take in is a cup of coffee, and I always wait until it's had it's gastro-intestinal effect before I head out the door. On Saturdays, which are my long-run days, I'll often have a toasted bagel and a spoonful of peanut butter along with the coffee. When I get back from my runs (BTW, I run 6 days/week, various distances and varied workout goals for each), if I've done 4+ miles, I'll have a Premiere Protein shake as a reward (they're tasty!). Otherwise, I'll just wait and eat my usual breakfast around 8:30 AM.
If I'm doing a race, then I will take advantage of all the hydration (usually just water, but some races, like half-marys, will alternate water & Gatorade). With summer coming on, I will prob started dropping off some water on the course for runs over 3-4 miles. Otherwise, not so much.1
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