I’ve been so tired lately. Everything seems to be happening at once and I’m falling behind in the tasks that I want to do. This weekend pretty much evaporated on me.
But I did go for a run. I finally broke the 40km barrier today. Although I’m not proud of it. I ran 1.75km to the Running Room. Then did a nice 25km run from there. Once back, I still had 13.25km to go, and I figured out a route home that, surprisingly, was exactly that. However, there were some cupcakes at the Running Room and I took one.
I’m not sure if that was a mistake. Lately, I’ve taken to skipping breakfast before the long Sunday run. I read an article that it is a good way to lose weight, and I think I need to do that. (Because 40km of running will not do that?) In any case, the 13.25km run home was very unpleasant. It started out with a weight in my stomach bouncing up and down. This caused a bad stitch in my side. Then I just started running out of energy. Probably because I hadn’t eaten enough. Irony?
Let’s just say there was a lot of walking in that final part of the run.
But according to Steph, when I run, I’m doing God’s work. So I’ve got that going for me.
I did make one discovery when I got home. Adding salt to chocolate milk makes it taste really good!
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oh please don’t believe everything you read! Not eating breakfast is a bad idea for anyone, especially someone about to do a long run. In fact, eating a good hearty breakfast (well maybe not too hearty just before a run), and a small supper is a much better way to lose weight, because you need the energy while you’re awake, and a heavy supper won’t be digested as well, and could cause trouble sleeping.
Also, I don’t think you need to lose weight! You’re the fittest person I know!
I agree with K! Not eating breakfast is a terrible way to lose weight because your metabolism adjusts to something like starvation mode and then tries to horde calories later. Plus, if you’re going to try to run many kms, you’re likely to make yourself sick or injured by not eating. And chocolate milk already has a fair amount of salt in it, so if it still tasted good after adding salt, that’s your body telling you it was deprived nutrients it needs from food.
I sometimes skip breakfast because nothing in my house looks edible at the time I have to eat, and it usually makes me feel tired and irritable. It’s not a good practice.