Super Bowl Sunday Workouts!!!

Today was a rest day for my so I did 1.2 miles in 11:38.  I decided that it was going to be a rest day when my nose froze in the 8 degree weather as soon as I walked out of my mom's house.  I am visiting in Middletown, NY.  Kind of disrupts the routine but it's also nice to look at something different.

How did everyone do on this wonderful day?

i woke up @ 3 am and couldn't get back to sleep, so i headed to the gym early.  finished my long run today on the TM, felt great and had my hydration/nutrition plan working well.  did 17 miles in 2 hours, 24 minutes, and 42 seconds.  i'm a bit tired now and am pretty dehydrated (lost 10 lbs on the run), so i'm going to spend the day recovering and watching football :)

Good stuff.  Thats a lot to lose.   Fave fun rehydrating all day!

gonna run in a 5k this morning, hopefully to beat my first one's time, but its cooooollld out.   

I'm doing my long run today. Not doing any strength training until my shoulder muscle starts feeling better.

ETA: UPDATE I did 45 min. run. set up and played on our new trampoline (with safety net, don't trust the kiddo's not to fall off the darn thing)

 30 min walking outdoors in the cold

I had planned to run 7 miles again today, but my legs gave out after 3. I power walked for 2 more, so I did manage to get 5 .25 in with cooldown.

I really need to go get some compression socks.

Jet

Jet,

Are you doing recovery eating with about a half hour or so after you run?  It's especially important when you get to doing more miles.  It makes a BIG difference to me even when my workouts are only 30 minutes.

Linn

 what do you do for recovery eating Linn?

I like PB&J or honey sandwiches (usually half) on 9 grain bread, Cliff bars, or Trio bars.  I eat right after my workouts and then again about an hour or 2 later with a higher protein meal.  Most of the cliff bars have a 4:1 ish carb:protein ratio that most believe to be the best ratio for restoring glycogen.  The thing is, you really do need to do it within 30-60 minutes after workouts.  I used to wait about 2 hours (when I got hungry) to eat, but had a lot of trouble with legs feeling like lead two days later.  Once I started eating like this, I stopped having those problems.

Linn