So was a bit nervous running a half marathon with eating Paleo. Only because it is a no-no to run with food that you aren't normally used to eating before a run like that. Would I have enough energy to get through it? Would any of the food upset my stomach? So, normally I eat beans and rice/ chicken and one beer for dinner before a race, this time I had ahi tuna, asparagus, few roasted potatoes (yes, white potatoes- according to the
Paleo Diet for Athletes, it is okay to eat those before and after an endurance event over an hour, don't tell coach cuz he said No!) Then for breakfast I normally eat oatmeal and half a bagel- well this time I had a sweet potato, apple sauce with protein powder mixed in. (I had to have the hotel reservation lady cook it for me the night before ) Well, didn't go as well as I had hoped, I don't know if it was the few white potato chunks I did eat or what but I couldn't go to bathroom, and I always go before a race. It came to haunt me at mile 5 then finally at mile 8 I had to stop. I did feel like I had plenty of energy during the run and probably would have been faster had I not had the bathroom issue. Can it be from the potatoes? (it has been 4 weeks since I had them?) I know it wasn't nerves because I have done this enough times, maybe it was the one beer I had, because I also haven't had any alcohol in 4 weeks. OR what I really think it was is I forgot to pack my Garmin... are you kidding me?
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So was a bit nervous running a half marathon with eating Paleo. Only because it is a no-no to run with food that you aren't normally used to eating before a run like that. Would I have enough energy to get through it? Would any of the food upset my stomach? So, normally I eat beans and rice/ chicken and one beer for dinner before a race, this time I had ahi tuna, asparagus, few roasted potatoes (yes, white potatoes- according to the Paleo Diet for Athletes, it is okay to eat those before and after an endurance event over an hour, don't tell coach cuz he said No!) Then for breakfast I normally eat oatmeal and half a bagel- well this time I had a sweet potato, apple sauce with protein powder mixed in. (I had to have the hotel reservation lady cook it for me the night before ) Well, didn't go as well as I had hoped, I don't know if it was the few white potato chunks I did eat or what but I couldn't go to bathroom, and I always go before a race. It came to haunt me at mile 5 then finally at mile 8 I had to stop. I did feel like I had plenty of energy during the run and probably would have been faster had I not had the bathroom issue. Can it be from the potatoes? (it has been 4 weeks since I had them?) I know it wasn't nerves because I have done this enough times, maybe it was the one beer I had, because I also haven't had any alcohol in 4 weeks. OR what I really think it was is I forgot to pack my Garmin... are you kidding me?
2 comments:
Having eliminated those foods from your diet for over a month before ... then putting them in pre-race ... probably NOT a good idea huh? ;-)
Darn Coach, you weren't supposed to see that!
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