I'm fairly certain that I need to eat more. Glorious thought to many, right? It is to me as well, but I'm a little concerned. I ate like a champ when training for my half marathon, I couldn't stop eating, but I am not nearly as hungry during this training.
Tonight, I worked out at the gym and upon leaving at 7:30pm, I felt ready for bed vs eating dinner and relaxing with the Office. Maybe it was my long day at the office? Anyway, I was reading one of my many guides to Running a Marathon last night, and it dawned on me that I need to eat a lot more carbs. I've been eating more carbs than usually, but I think with my 19 mile run this weekend I need to "carbo load"?
With that in mind and not a lot of prep time, I grabbed my box of Rotini and dashed to work. It was a delightful lunch with Julie Smith homemade dressing to spice up the dish. Instead of skipping dinner tonight, I forced myself to enjoy an early burrito from Chipotle. How many carbs and fats are in a burrito, if the Chipotile website was more informational than I would tell you!
Okay, I'm going to sneak in a little more nutritional reading before the Office and bedtime. Any advice, please leave comments or send me an email! I'm afraid there isn't enough time to eat and store enough glycogen in 4.5 weeks to run an entire marathon!
2 comments:
eat some protein too-esp. right after you run- which is usually when you don't want to eat anything at all. I try for a small handful of walnuts then i always make a smoothie with strawberries, a banana, OJ and sherbet after a loooong run.
Try this to calculate the carbs in your Chipotle:
http://www.chipotlefan.com/index.php?id=nutrition_calculator
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