Feet and Food

Taking advantage of a bit of free time to make a few notes. Sunday evening and long run done. Notice I said a long run, not a long, slow run. Well, it wasn't fast, coz I don't do fast as such, but it wasn't the keep the HR below 130 kind of slow; impossible with hills. Today ended up being a mixture of everything - running, walking, stopping and resting, with some intervals (uphill) and a bit of speed work thrown in (downhill!!) Heart rate got up to 180 at one point! Well, I didn't run on Friday, as I should have, because of family commitments, as well as a sore Post Tib, so I thought I might as well take advantage of my high HR and push it up further - I do like a challenge! All in all reasonably happy with my  outing. On the other hand, or may be that should be foot, I am quite down about my injury. 

It's actually been sore all week, and my orthotics have been uncomfortable, especially in my right shoe - not even my poorly foot! 

That's all I managed to write on Sunday! It's now Tuesday and another 8.5km done to Glenfield College and back, with altered orthotics. Similar tactics to Sunday's run and last Tuesday's - if the HR goes really high, might as well start doing some intervals. Each time I started up again after a rest, I actually felt really strong felt that I was running quite hard, I just can't maintain it yet for any length of time, but I do think I'm improving. 

I am not totally sure yet that my LCHF diet is the best thing for my running. Great for losing those stubborn kilos on my bum, and my abs are pretty visible now, but my legs felt really rather heavy for at least half of that run and I'm sure if I'd eaten some more carbs I'd have felt a lot more lively. However, I'm going to persist for a while yet, and so some more reading about Keto diets and ultra running because I do think the idea makes sense, and I think there are runners out there following this type of diet who are very successful with it. 

There's lots to find out about - Sunday after my 15km long run, although I actually felt great during it, not once feeling the for need sustenance, I kept feeling incredibly light-headed, obviously needing food. That was only after 2 hours, so when I'm out for probably about 10 hours on my race day, I'm going to be needing to eat plenty on the run, and probably some carbs too. So, just in case anybody else is reading this, and you happen to know a bit about Keto diets and ultra running, then please give me some tips!