Yeah…that. I committed a rookie mistake today and it cost me. It’s one of many funny runner problems I have experienced. My original plan is to get up and run before church at 10:30 but when the kids were still sleeping at 7:30, I just couldn’t help myself. I took full advantage as we all slept till 8:30 which was glorious. But also meant there was no time for a morning run.
Every Sunday we have a tradition of picking up Chinese food and I really didn’t want to disrupt the groove we were in. So I went along and ate my usual. I thought I had waited long enough but once I started running, I knew I was in trouble. None of the 6 miles were pleasant. I spent most of the run burping or digesting or something painful.
 |
| UGH! Chinese does not make good run fuel |
So it got me thinking..what other running lessons have you learned the hard way? I asked some of my Instagram Friends and we got some pretty good responses.
Haha! I ate sushi before a track work out once– needless to say, it did not go well. I think it’s safe to say, that any and all Asian food may or may not go over well.
No dairy.But I also agree with everything else in this post
Mexican. Just don’t.
ha! I love Rachel’s.
I remember eating a burrito for lunch one day and then doing track that evening…not pretty!
lol so funny! but not really if itz happening to you!
I’m usually pretty proud of my cast-iron stomach, and eating Chinese food before a run sounds like something I would have done on a dare not too long ago, but I’ve gotten a little wiser with age. Anyway, my lesson is: that cookie will not be good fuel for the mid point of your long run.
Haha it’s always funny how you learn some of these things the hard way – I am pretty good at night with what I eat but in the morning I have to stick with coffee and carbs
Ha! I’ve done that before. It was a bad, bad, bad, bad mistake never to be repeated again.
I really don’t do well with any alcohol the night before a long run. I’m not a big drinker in general but a few weeks ago I had two gin & tonics with friends on a particularly nice evening on a patio. The next day I was so sluggish during my run, had to stop and walk for the first time in years and just generally hated life…