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Today was the 21 miler for Chicago Marathoners. As I'm a bit more hurt than normal, 21 was not to be, so I started my day with the Yellow Fever. Lot's of familiar faces, talked to a few, and made it through the run in 1:26:30. About 10:45 pace, which is good, though my heart was humming along in the low 170s. I thought about trying to bring that down, but as it was a day of moderate distance, I didn't bother. With those eight miles complete, I took a left turn for the Memorial Loop, as I wanted to get into double digits. The only noteworthy part was the last mile; I decided to pick up the pace and ran it in 9:40. Considering the distance I had ran, I was pleased. My heart was thumping along above 180 though, so I was clearly working in a place I could not have stayed for long. Total of about 10.7 or so miles today.
As for my plantar fasciitis, my foot kind of felt like jell-o at the start, not good. I suppose the fascia were stretching out, and at some point, the foot quieted down. I drank my post run recovery drink, took my ice bath, had my breakfast jack an hour after I left the park ... hopefully I am doing the right things to recover well (and the Shiner for the football games, key).
Now, the part you love, a good old fashioned Keith Rant!!!
When I got back to my car, the seminar had started. I limped over in search of Yellows (are we going to Ottos? was the question on my mind), and caught a bit of the nutrition topic of the day. If I had to go back to school for something completely different, I would choose nutrition. I truly geek off the stuff; I can't get enough! There's so much we can learn about what we stick in our faces, but yet there's so much the average person doesn't even know.
Anyway, two things came up. The first was recovery nutrition. The speaker said you need something right after the run, and I totally agree. Only in training for Chicago have I bought into this idea, but those first 30 minutes after the run are key. You need a carb to protein ratio of 4:1, and you can certainly get that, like I do, from Accelerade. You can also get it from chocolate milk if you freeze it, leave it in your car, and have it right after the run. If you don't do this post run, then start. You then need more food about an hour later. With that in you, you've set your body up with the nuts and bolts to heal.
Then, she did it. She stumbled upon a topic that I put into the "Why don't people have common sense" bin of nutritional misinformation. She said how it was important to hydrate during the week (true), and how you should avoid caffeine in doing so. Good lord, can we please kill this now! Truly, caffeine is a diuretic, but it is a mild one. People see "diuretic" and think they should stay away. If you spend juuuuust a bit of common sense time on this (or read anything reputable about it), you'll realize that you gain much more water than you wee out as a result of such a mild diuretic. Also, if you're immune to caffeine like your's truly (Diet Coke, you have numbed me to the world!), the effect is even less. This is a horrible thing to perpetuate because some people just don't like to drink plain old, tasteless water. They don't have too. Drink black tea, drink Coke (Diet, even better), green tea, drink coffee for goodness sake; it all helps to hydrate you. There's certainly nothing wrong with scarfing down 20 oz. of water the night before a run to make sure your tank is topped off, but water need not be the linchpin in your hydration plans.
There. I let the anger out! I feel better now. Auburn plays Miss. State today. As the Bulldogs are, shall we say, the laughing stock of the SEC West, we need a win. Then the Florida game. Lot's 'o football today!
Real quick. Race poster from Alaska, and a certain orange clad runner that appears a couple of times ...
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