Mom and I had some errands to run in town yesterday so I got up early for my run. Not so early that I was afraid of running into a coyote or bear coming in from an early morning of foraging for food, but early enough to see most of the sun rise.
As I’ve mentioned before, all of my runs when I’m visiting the farm are hilly, and for this flatlander it can take some getting used to. On my first day here I chose the hilliest course, and I paid for it when I tried to run a mere 18 hours later.
Normally I have no problem rolling out of bed, heading out to run, and eating breakfast as soon as I get home. Yesterday I felt tired and low on energy the whole time. My entire run, I craved that banana that I looked at as I walked out the door, but didn’t eat.
Enter; my camera! Sometimes I’m so grateful for having it with me because I can pretend to stop to take a picture, when what I really want to do is rest! Believe me, there were no sprint photo fartleks on this run!
Almost home, I had to stop running and walk this last little hill…
When I got home I had a bowl of cereal with strawberries and felt much better!
I’m not sweating the bad run, though. We all have them every once in a while. Today I rested, and tomorrow morning I plan to go for another country roads run before meeting Bill in Blacksburg for the ACC wrestling tournament!
In the meantime, Mom is continuing to spoil me by making some of my favorite dinners. Last night she served chicken salad on a bed of lettuce. When Mom and I make this chicken salad for just us, we go heavy on the grapes!
What’s on tonight’s menu? Shrimp, a salad, and a baked potato. I haven’t had a baked potato in forever and I can’t wait! I’m even going to put a little sour cream on it!
- Questions:
- What was your worst exercise experience?
- If you run first thing in the morning, do you eat first? What do you eat?
- Do you have any fun weekend plans? ~ Mine involve Virginia Tech and wrestling!
I try to eat before I run early in the morning for energy, but usually either a banana or half a muscle milk I’ll drink. I don’t want too much sloshing around in my stomach while I run. I hate those heavy feeling runs – those are the worst.
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If I hadn’t been in a rush to get back home, I would have turned my run into a walk!
Only thing I eat before I run is a whole grain english muffin with peanut butter or sunbutter! Nothing exciting for me this weekend. Working night shift tonight and then hanging out with the fam. I have an 8 mile taper run for Sunday!
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I eat something similar to that before races and my Saturday longer runs, but usually for a super-early weekday run I just take off. Yay for taper runs!
Sounds like you had a fantastic visit with your mom! I think I need to take a camera running with me more often; I like the idea of using it when I need a break! Although your scenery is worth stopping and photographing, too 🙂
On weekends I love to workout in the mornings! I generally don’t eat before a run, but before a bike i can eat anything and usually go for a couple PB&J toasts!
(I’d love to workout in the morning every day but I start work at 7, so to workout and then look presentable it’s just too early!)
Starting work at 7 AM is pretty early! Hopefully, that means you finish work at a reasonable hour and have plenty of time for your workouts after work.
I know that empty feeling and it is tough to fight through! When I run in the morning during the week I don’t eat anything beforehand, and I almost always feel empty and low on energy. I would probably adjust over time, but I don’t run enough in the mornings during the week for that to happen. For weekend long runs I always eat a little something beforehand!
Your mom is so sweet spoiling her little girl 🙂
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Normally I can roll out of bed and run and I’m fine… Agreed, before my weekend long runs I always eat something.
Yep, Mom is a sweetie!