100 Day Raw Food Challenge
Training for a marathon in October
Hi all you raw athletes!
I'm training for my first marathon ever in October. It's the Women's Nike in San Fran. I have been training for a month so far and am up to 6.5 miles (this past Sat.) I'm excited to see my body responding so quickly (getting stronger and more muscular). I am also still figuring out the food thing since it's so different when one is in training. Here's what I've found works so far: Don't eat 3 hours before bed if you are getting up to run the next morning. Fruit smoothies 2 hours before a run work well (banana and coconut water is my fave). Fruit smoothies after the run with Sun Warrior Protein and some L-glutamine is a new thing I am trying and so far so good.
I'm eating bananas again which I had sworn off of because they are so high in sugar. But when you are running a lot, the body just burns off those carbs so the body can handle the extra sugar. This is what I've gotten to so far.
Does anyone have any great food tips to share about running raw? P.S. buckwheat granola is waaaayyyyy too heavy for this body!
I'm training for my first marathon ever in October. It's the Women's Nike in San Fran. I have been training for a month so far and am up to 6.5 miles (this past Sat.) I'm excited to see my body responding so quickly (getting stronger and more muscular). I am also still figuring out the food thing since it's so different when one is in training. Here's what I've found works so far: Don't eat 3 hours before bed if you are getting up to run the next morning. Fruit smoothies 2 hours before a run work well (banana and coconut water is my fave). Fruit smoothies after the run with Sun Warrior Protein and some L-glutamine is a new thing I am trying and so far so good.
I'm eating bananas again which I had sworn off of because they are so high in sugar. But when you are running a lot, the body just burns off those carbs so the body can handle the extra sugar. This is what I've gotten to so far.
Does anyone have any great food tips to share about running raw? P.S. buckwheat granola is waaaayyyyy too heavy for this body!
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Permalink Reply by Rebecca M. on -
That is great that you are training! I am jealous, I love to run and this spring started back up again, only to find my knees aren't into it, they started hurting during and after. I cut down but they were still acting up. So I picked up on spinning classes and I am stretching my IT band regularly.
Check www.vegacommunity.com this is a site full of vegans and raw foodies that are either running or doing some sort of fitness activity, but there are a lot of runners who can give advice.. and it's a community just like Raw Fu. There are also great raw products to buy for fuel and smoothies!
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