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Thank you sooooooo much for your response!!
3??? That is awesome!!! Congrats!!!
Do you wait 30 minutes after GU or Shot Blocks to drink? Or are you ok drinking right after? That is what is confusing me!! Hahaha
I train for half marathons, my partner trains for marathons. Neither of us adjust our caloric intake for exercise.
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)
During long races, I eat a gel/gu/clif blok square every 30-45 minutes. I drink at every water station. I've never had any issue with this schedule - probably because the "food" breaks down to liquid pretty quickly in my stomach anyway.
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)
I know I am late it has been crazy for me
Monday nothing i had one bad migraine that did not allow me to do much
Tue. I rode the bike on the trainer for 60 minutes with 30 minutes being tempo
Wed strength training and master swim
Thursday 60 minute run
Friday bike ride and off the bike for a run
Saturday long long bike ride and run
sunday 80 minute recover run
You have to find what works for you and what your stomach will allow you have and be able to run without having bathroom issues. I do gels and I don't worry about the 30 minutes when I am running.
Make sure when you are going out for your runs you know where bathrooms are just in case. Once you know how your stomach is than you don't have to worry so much.
Last week was a doozy. Caught some kind of nasty bug that knocked me out for two days. Let's call it a recovery week. On to RACE WEEK!
Monday-6 mile run
Tuesday-10 miles with 7x5 min intervals.
Wednesday- 6 mile run
Thursday-6 mile run
Friday-2 mile shakeout
Saturday-Jemez Mountain Trail 50k
Sunday-13 mile run because rest is for smart people.
VSG: 3/12/15
Drink to thirst and eat about 100-200 calories per hour. Those are my general rules for road running. You may find you need more, or even less. It is a very personally thing and takes a lot of experimenting. Use your long training runs to find out what foods or fuels work for you, and how much water you should be drinking. There's quite a few long distance runners around these parts, so ask any questions you may have. Good luck!
VSG: 3/12/15
I'm not the best example or an expert, but I just eat at maintenance level the day before anything over 20 miles. The day of the long run, I am very bad and pretty much eat what I want. I try to keep it healthy, but I also don't beat myself up. I just ran 24 miles, I deserve it.
I've found that hardcore long distance running, while super fun and great for my mental and physical help, is pretty hard on weight loss goals. It's very hard to keep a deficit and run 70 miles a week. So my mindset is, take my deficits where I can get them, and don't beat myself too badly for being hungry.
I don't know if this is any help or even what you were looking for.
VSG: 3/12/15
Happy Mother's Day to the mothers and others. I've made it official and registered to fence 3 events at Summer Nationals the first week of July so the training gets ramped up big time now.
Sunday - Weights and strength training - 1.5 hours. (Had a new personal record on Romanian Dead Lift at 153 lbs for 3 reps)
Monday - Fencing private lesson and group lesson 2.5 hours
Tuesday - Personal Trainer 1 hour
Wednesday - Fencing 2 hours
Thursday - rest
Friday - Pilates and Interval Cardio work - some lifting - arms and upper body
Saturday - Lower body weights and strength.
Have a great week everyone!
Keep on losing!
Diana
HW 271.5 (April 2016) SW 246.9 (8/23/16) CW 158 (5/2/18)
First off congratulation on the surgery and now the marathon goal. Awesome stuff. I am about 20 months out and about to run my 3rd I am no expert and everyone is different so remember that. I eat 30-45 min before the race a nice bowl or yogurt,berries, and granola. On the course depending on the weather I will grab some water at most rest stops as I find that if I start to get dehydrated my race goes down the tube. As for eating on the course. I carry about 4 GU packs and a pack of Shot Bloc's and start eating them about mile 13. Then I have 1 GU about every 3 miles after than just to give me enough boost to get through.
Good luck and and let us know how it turns out for you.
