Week 8 Session 2
Had a really bad experience a few days back.
Usually if I know I'm going jogging in the evening I'll make sure I eat properly at lunch and snack in the afternoon, as well as drink plenty.
I got home Thursday and realised due to commitments I wouldn't be able to run on either the Friday or Saturday, so decided to go for a quick run that night. As my standard is now 2.5 miles I happily set off with no real concerns. At 1 1/2 miles I suddenly felt extremely light headed and nearly passed out, so much so I had to lay on the pavement for several minutes to recover, a touch concerning to say the least. I'm putting this one down to not enough food and slight dehydration, but definitely something to watch.
As you can imagine when I came to my next run several days later I was a little concerned. I decided to take things slow and to stop if I felt at all unwell.
I have to say the opposite occured! I ate well at lunch and drank plenty of water and with my usual 5 min warmup walk completed set off on another 2.5 miler. Throughout the whole run I felt incredible comfortable, my breathing was easy and my legs strong. The time flew by and I got back to my car with plenty of energy left. I half wished it was the full 3 mile total tonight, but I have a plan and I'm sticking to it.
One more 2.5 and then 3 x 2.75 finishing and a 3 mile and phase one is complete. Just need to find out how to progress after that now!
Usually if I know I'm going jogging in the evening I'll make sure I eat properly at lunch and snack in the afternoon, as well as drink plenty.
I got home Thursday and realised due to commitments I wouldn't be able to run on either the Friday or Saturday, so decided to go for a quick run that night. As my standard is now 2.5 miles I happily set off with no real concerns. At 1 1/2 miles I suddenly felt extremely light headed and nearly passed out, so much so I had to lay on the pavement for several minutes to recover, a touch concerning to say the least. I'm putting this one down to not enough food and slight dehydration, but definitely something to watch.
As you can imagine when I came to my next run several days later I was a little concerned. I decided to take things slow and to stop if I felt at all unwell.
I have to say the opposite occured! I ate well at lunch and drank plenty of water and with my usual 5 min warmup walk completed set off on another 2.5 miler. Throughout the whole run I felt incredible comfortable, my breathing was easy and my legs strong. The time flew by and I got back to my car with plenty of energy left. I half wished it was the full 3 mile total tonight, but I have a plan and I'm sticking to it.
One more 2.5 and then 3 x 2.75 finishing and a 3 mile and phase one is complete. Just need to find out how to progress after that now!
posted by Gary at 10:00 pm
2 Comments:
Hi Gary,
How's weather in UK:) I hope not as weird as in Michigan...where it has snowed already. Now it's warmer but it rains. Perfect for running:))))
Thanks for the compliments regarding my blog. I like yours too and I'll be visiting it often. I'm very happy to read about your progress. It seems you're close to achieving your 3 mile goal. Hmmm, I sure hope I'll be able to run 2.5 miles sometime in the future...but I've been slacking lately:)
I've read that you manage to eat 1/2 hourse before a run. I try not to eat/drink anything ~2 hours before it. Otherwise, I tend to throw up or feel pain in my stomach. Ok..maybe I'll drink some water but not too much.
k, take care and keep running. I will do the same:)
Kris.
The eating 1/2 hr before running was either a typo on my part or i was drunk when i wrote it. (more than likely the latter) I always leave a couple of hours between eating and running for exactly the same reasons you highlighted.
I must admit to feeling better every session i do now (except for my near fainting experience last week, definitely a one off) Looking forward to actually hitting my 3 mile target though. Looking for a local 5k race to celebrate now!
Like i said if you can run 1 1/2 miles now, the rest will come easily. Just make sure you stick with it and force yourself to get out the door and run.
I brought a great book called funnily enough "The Runners World complete book of running for beginners" Have a look, it may be of use. The ISBN number is 1-4050-7741-7. You should be able to get it in the US.
Regards
Gary
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