Notes
Hooh, this was pretty rough. Not super bad like my hot long run from a few weeks ago, but I really had to keep it slow to keep my HR in check.
Ok so here is the thing. I was listening to this trail running podcast and Dr. Maffetone was on who I've followed in the past to do the super slow running based on HR, but in this episode he was talking all about nutrition. He is one of these low carb/high fat guys. Now I am pretty skeptical about this. Because runners have always ran on high carb diets and I thought that was pretty much an established thing. But then I heard more and more ultra folks switching over to this and it was enough to pique my interest.
So I am giving it a try. Of course I started this a couple days before this long run so I wasn't feeling particularly great, but I'm going to stick with it and give it at least a couple weeks and see how I feel. The idea is that it is supposed to train your body to be better at burning fat rather than glycogen. So that means you shouldn't bonk as bad. Also it's pretty clear that I need to eat less sugar and it's not like I'm going extreme with cutting carbs. I'm just going to get them more from fruits and vegetables. Also cutting out beer for now.
Now I know myself and this is not going to be an absolut thing. I will cheat here and there, but I really gotta get a handle on my diet. I want to get fast! And in order to do that I gotta get light!