Good Morning! This long holiday weekend was great 🙂 But, now my family is back in California and I must get back on track with training and healthy eating. I am off for a run. Let me be more specific — I am off for a l-o-n-g run. This is the part of marathon training I don’t like. Once my long runs get past 16 miles I don’t look forward to them at all 🙁
I think one of the reasons signing up for a marathon costs so much (this one was over $100!!) is spending all that money gives you even more reason to get your ass up and running! Well, since I am poor and have already made this fool’s investment I must be off to run!
For some pre-run fuel, I made toast with PB, handfuls of cereal and coffee such as that Single origin coffee! The shot blocks will be running with me…
I normally don’t drink coffee, but have heard it can increase endurance in runners. At this point I need all the help I can get! 
Yesterday I did an easy 3 miler to DD to get some coffee for my fam. I always drink DD coffee because it is like crack (too bad my coffee was not half as good this morning).
Runner’s World has a good recipe for a recovery shake with caffeine. I don’t know if I want more caffeine after a run, but it sounds good.
Wish me luck that the coffee doesn’t give me the bubble guts on my run…
Heard on a Jillian Michaels podcast that caffeine from coffee and pop doesn’t do the trick to help you with a workout and you have to get it from a caffeine pill. Don’t know how true that is, but I just thought I would pass it on. 😀
Good luck on the run! And yes DD is crack for sure 🙂
Good luck running!
Did you read about vitamin D in this months runners world too?
Good luck! Hope it went well!
I drink coffee before and after a run. I don’t think it makes a difference really. It’s all mental. Whatever gets you out there is what will work for you.
im going to have to check out that recovery shake!! good luck with the coffee/run thing..let us know if it helps!