Post-run Nutrition

The headline sounds rather technical and straight out of a running magazine. It indeed is. I read up on the subject and they said eat some protein and carbs after a run. It will help rebuild the muscle and aid in the recovery process.

Last week I ate a simple, large banana. The pain around my knee was completely gone the next day. The next day we made a banana milk shake. I don't feel like I have ever run in the last two years. My legs feel strong. No niggles anywhere whatsoever. 

Is it the "post-run nutrition" magic? Might well be. Because though I am running strong and uninterrupted for the last four months or so, I have never felt so pain free in my legs during this period. 

Right now I am pushing up from 3 km to 4 km per run and am at 3.8 km at this moment. Once I take it to 5 km, I intend to start running 5 days a week. Let me see, what I have in store for me in future. 

 

Going Great Guns

Haven't blogged in a while. Was more busy with running than writing. I can't remember when I had such a long injury free running streak. Make hay while the sun shines. 

• Started running 3.3 km from last Sunday (today is a Saturday) 
• Hope to push it up to 3.6 km from next week
• Clocked my best mile this morning @ 10:07 min. The previous best was 10:42 seconds or something like that. 
• On Friday I ran the 3.3 km at an average bpm of 160. That was also my fastest 3K so far, at sub 20 minute.
• This morning my average bpm was 156 but average pace was very marginally slower than Friday's. I guess a couple of seconds or so. 
• Possibly bpm remain better in the mornings