I love that in my last post I declared I would be better about writing immediately after running and now it’s been at least a week or two since writing. Haha, oops.
Last week, I realized that I’ve significantly increased my calorie intake (using the marathon as my excuse), but I’ve decreased the amount of calories I’m burning per day. Running a mile burns about 100 calories. We’ve been doing 1-2 miles per day, meaning that the extra 500 calories I’ve been consuming are not being burned off by my 200 calorie run lol. I decided last week to add gym classes back into my workout. I didn’t do great on my running schedule for the week. I did a total body class on Monday. Tuesday I ran 2 miles, went to a 1 hour vinyasa yoga class, and then ran the fastest 1 mile I’ve ever done with the team after work. That’s great, but then I didn’t run at all the rest of the week. Let me tell you, I felt the difference on Saturday!
I thought the point was to make sure we got all of our miles in for the week. What I realize is that it’s important to be running each day. I was only two miles short of my weekly goal, but Saturday I felt like someone put lead in my arms and legs. I barely ran a mile before I stopped to walk. I was so negative and grouchy. I don’t know how much I actually ran, but I don’t feel like it was very much. Poor Michelle tried to encourage me, but it fell on deaf ears. In addition, my feet were hurting. Actually, I think most of my body was hurting – shins, knees, shoulders, wrists, ankles, stomach… everything. I would run for a few minutes, then walk, then run, the entire 5 miles. My hands were swollen like balloons. I was pretty disappointed in myself, especially after we ran 4 miles no problem a few weeks ago.
Friday night, I had 2 glasses of wine. Before our run on Saturday, I drank a bunch of Want More Energy? to try to balance out the drinks, ate a banana and drank Mila soaked in coconut water. I don’t usually do well when I eat before running, but I’m trying to do it now that we’re adding some distance to our runs. Dinah mentioned that your hands swell when you don’t have enough electrolytes, which is why I was drinking Want More Energy?. I reviewed the nutrition content when we got home and I was wrong, again. While this powder is packed with Vitamin C and B vitamins, it contains very little electrolytes, such as calcium, magnesium, and potassium. This means I need to find an electrolyte supplement.
When we got home, I was absolutely exhausted. I slept from 10am until 2 pm, got up and went to the pool for a bit and was ready to lay back down by 9pm. On Sunday, I got up around 7am and went for a relaxing bike ride all around town. Found a beautiful park and enjoyed some time taking photos of random plants and birds. I met my boyfriend for brunch and enjoyed reading a book outside. Again today, I was exhausted by 3pm and had to take a 30 minute nap. By 9pm, I could barely stay awake. My body is still pretty sore as well – my shins, ankles and right arm especially. I’m not sure why I’m so tired and sore lately (I didn’t work out that hard), but I’m hoping it passes soon.
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