Do you ever just stand there and stare at your running shoes and feel so grateful for how much they have improved (looks and function wise) over the years? I hope I’m not alone in this.
They are saying this is our last freeze of the season and it is bringing me hope because my fingers are still cold from yesterday.
Imagine how sad Brooke was when we took her to her favorite acai bowl shop, and she realized the only topping her throat could handle were the bananas.
Andrew still cannot run after his ankle broke last October, but biking doesn’t hurt it one bit. His gravel bike has saved him this winter when the trails are too muddy for mountain biking.
We had soccer last night.
And had special visitors–> My brother and my nephew.
I was absolutely frozen.
It doesn’t matter how cold it is outside, my kids will happily eat snow cones.
As I am currently going through some early perimenopausal symptoms, I’ve been reading a lot about what I can do to help at this stage of life. One of the things I’ve been reading about is making sure I am getting enough protein. That then threw me down a rabbit hole about researching how much protein athletes need, and then I decided to track a normal day for me with protein. I hit around 60, and for how much I run, that is low. I am great at getting it in after a run, but as the day goes on, I eat less and less protein.
For so long after recovering from an eating disorder, I refused to track one thing because that was such a big part of my problem in my 20s. I would track calories obsessively in my early 20s, not to make sure I was getting enough but to help me get less. So, all of these years since, I have just tried to eat well and intuitively (intuitively, it turns out I eat 90% carbs;) without tracking, but wow, looking at it a few weeks ago, I realized I need more protein. I always thought I was getting plenty, but this has been eye-opening. I’m just tracking for a bit until I make it a habit to get plenty of protein, but I’m excited to see what upping it does for my training and overall energy.
On a few sports nutrition podcasts I’ve listened to recently, the dietitians have said that the biggest problem a lot of runners face is not getting enough calories or nutrients. So here is a reminder… We may think that we are getting plenty of nutrients and calories to keep up with our activity levels, but we may not be!
I would love to hear your thoughts on making sure you are getting enough or tracking or what works best for you?
What was the longest break you have ever had to take from running?
What shoes did you run in today?
Let’s connect!