friday
September 11th, 2009
weight: 152.6
breakfast: coffee and a granola bar
lunch/dinner: tba
exercise: Ran 2 miles and walked 1/4 mile. Plan was to run three miles, but my 3 mile route was the 2.25 that I did, plus three laps around the high school track, which is on the route. But, uh, duh, school is back in session, and the high school track? Was full of high schoolers. Yeah. No thanks. Ran two miles then walked the last 1/4 because I was so hot — supposed to hit 95 here today! — and needed to cool down before I got home rather than after I got home.
Foodwise, I met a friend for coffee before my run, drank the coffee, went on the run, then drank two big glasses of water and ate the granola bar.
The runner trainer that I had been working with in my running group swears that your muscles will do so much better if you eat 10g of protein within 20 minutes after a long run. So I found some South Beach peanut butter granola bars that have 10g of protein and that is my recovery food, just FYI, if it looks like I’m, like, living off of granola bars.
September 12th, 2009 at 5:42 am
The protein thing is true…it helps them to recover faster. It also keeps you full longer. On days that I lift heavy weights I really focus on protein and I never had problems w/soreness or fatigue. Enjoy those bars!