I have not officially begun marathon training (that starts tomorrow), but I have already learned my first lesson of the season: Plan what to eat. No matter that I've been running for over 15 years and trained for dozens of races, remembering to eat enough after a workout continually eludes me. I KNOW to have a recovery snack within 30 minutes of completing a run and to then eat a meal with a 4:1 ratio of carbohydrates to protein before two hours pass, but forcing rice and tofu down at 8 o'clock at night after an evening run was super unappealing to me last week. The result was not sleeping well and having sore legs on my subsequent run because my "meal" had been a bowl of organic tortilla chips.
Can I send energy to my muscles to support them throughout my workouts? Yes! Can I coach myself through chakra blockages to allow for optimal performance on each run? Sure! Will I "nurse" a sore tendon with high-frequency vibrations when my imperfect mechanics inevitably push my connective tissue a little too far? Absolutely! Do I have a time machine that can zap my 48 hours into the past to re-eat an appropriate recovery meal? No, ding-dong. Not.
Just as in Energy Coaching and daily life, we get out of our bodies what we put into them. For every action, there is a result, and accountability in marathon training falls only on the trainee. As a solution to my too-busy-and-stomach-shrunken-to-eat Wednesday evenings, I purchased a raw protein meal replacement to make sure I have no excuse for not properly refueling. To get the most out of my running, I need to be as vigilant with my behaviors as I do with my inner healing. That is the truth; read on over the coming weeks for the consequences...
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