Running in the AM

CodeMonkey78

OP,

Regarding rest and feeling sluggish, I can only recommend getting adequate sleep and listening to your body. If you feel as if you need more recovery time, make sure and take it.

Depending on your weekly mileage and cardio base, two-a-days may not be the best idea. Of course, this varies for every runner.

If you are really chomping at the bit to run twice per day, I would highly recommend mixing up your workouts often (i.e., don't try to set a PR every time you hit the road). If you're feeling more sluggish in the morning, make your morning run a slow recovery run/jog to keep you moving and continue building your cardio base. For your afternoon run, mix it up with some speed work, strides, tempos, intervals, etc. when you feel more refreshed.

Just mix it up often, have fun, and happy running! Hope this helps.

fhunter91

OP,

Regarding rest and feeling sluggish, I can only recommend getting adequate sleep and listening to your body. If you feel as if you need more recovery time, make sure and take it.

Depending on your weekly mileage and cardio base, two-a-days may not be the best idea. Of course, this varies for every runner.

If you are really chomping at the bit to run twice per day, I would highly recommend mixing up your workouts often (i.e., don't try to set a PR every time you hit the road). If you're feeling more sluggish in the morning, make your morning run a slow recovery run/jog to keep you moving and continue building your cardio base. For your afternoon run, mix it up with some speed work, strides, tempos, intervals, etc. when you feel more refreshed.

Just mix it up often, have fun, and happy running! Hope this helps.

Yes it did! Thank you for your advice

michellemybelll

Source for this? I've never heard that (and based on my own experience disagree as I eat at night and train in a morning and am a far better trainer in the am than the pm)

Wow, would've thought this was very nearly common sense. Besides hearing this from various flight physicians I've had (i'm an aviator), a nutritionist who trained me to be a fitness instructor, and countless doctors you can find this knowledge on the web too.

When you eat during the day, you are relatively active, and your metabolism is functioning at a rapid rate. In contrast, during sleep, your metabolism has slowed quite a bit—and because of this, the food that you have recently eaten will be metabolized and digested at a much slower rate. This contributes to increases in body weight, and possible obesity. Another important reason why you may want to avoid eating late is due to the effect it can have on your sleep cycle. Having to metabolize large amounts of food during sleep can lead to feeling tired or lethargic in the morning. It doesn't guarantee that it will, but the odds are high. Everybody's body is different.

Scientists have found that when mice ate at unusual hours, they put on twice as much weight, despite exercising and eating as much as others.

The study, in the journal Obesity, is said to be the first to show directly that there is a “wrong” time to eat.

Keep in mind, I am not a doctor or a nutritionist or sleep specialist. I am just someone with a well-informed opinion and experience around how my own body responds to things.

i see no real source in your lengthy response. a lot of rhetoric, and the mention of an article in a journal that you do not link to. surprise, surprise.