Fuel
During today’s run I learned a hard lesson about proper fueling. I know, it’s so important to fuel well, but sometimes it’s complicated/inconvenient. I have been playing volleyball during lunch at work, and it is so much fun, but that means I don’t really have time to actually eat food during lunch. I ate some leftover noodles right after but it wasn’t much and then I got busy with work so I didn’t have time to eat much more. Then 5 PM rolled around and by that time it was too late to eat something substantial because I wanted to go for a run. I was already hungry again at that point but I really wanted to squeeze in a run.
When I went out it felt nice and breezy - the weather was perfect. But I felt so weak and hungry. Not having the right energy makes such a huge difference - it’s like not having any gas in the tank. I should have felt good - I have been working out, my legs should be feeling strong, my lungs should have felt fine - but everything felt like a struggle simply because I was hungry. I kept having to fight myself to keep going - I would stop at parts and think about turning back. I finally made it to the halfway point at about 1.3 miles and then turned around. Going back was faster/easier because it was downhill. But the whole thing just did not go as well as I wanted, all because I didn’t fuel well.
I should keep some energy bars in my bag for times like that when I don’t have time to eat well.
Going for my last run tomorrow and then will take the rest of the week off to recover! Hope tomorrow’s run goes better.
