Common opinion that seems to be true anyway: get plenty to eat and plenty of sleep two nights before the race. So if you're running Sunday morning, the time to "carbo load" is Friday night, followed by good rest on Friday - Saturday. Just a half dose of your usual morning coffee race morning if that's your habit.
Carbo loading for a 5K?
Phil M.
Sure! Yeah, hee hee -- "Look at me being just like a real runner!"
See, I've got the shirt, short, and shoes, I can talk the talk, and I can even jog the run! 🙂
(It's a beginning runner thing.)
If it works for you... But I'm just wondering what the advantage would be to carbo load for a distance that doesn't require dipping into your gylcogen stores.
Phil M.
-- "Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself." Martin Vanbee
If it works for you... But I'm just wondering what the advantage would be to carbo load for a distance that doesn't require dipping into your gylcogen stores.
Well, it's probably better for him than a big plate of fried chicken, and it might help him psychologically. Or maybe he has a 100-mile bike ride to get to the 5k race?
--Harold Buck
"I used to rock and roll all night, and party every day. Then it was every other day. . . ." -Homer J. Simpson
On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 16:24:17 -0500, Harold Buck <[email hidden]>
Quoted message said:
In article <[email hidden]>,
Phil M. said:
If it works for you... But I'm just wondering what the advantage would be to carbo load for a distance that doesn't require dipping into your gylcogen stores.
Well, it's probably better for him than a big plate of fried chicken, and it might help him psychologically. Or maybe he has a 100-mile bike ride to get to the 5k race?
--Harold Buck
. . .
Pardon my giggly fit last week (must have been the heat). No, no 100-mile bike ride. I think what was in the back of my mind was what would be the negative effects of a big indigestible meal the night before. Seems like when I hear people talking/joking about "carbo loading" it always ends up being carbo-fat-loading: doughnuts, fried chicken, ice cream, sausage pizza, etc. But whatever the content of the meal, I just hate trying to move when my insides feel like a boa constrictor that's just had his monthly meal.
On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 16:24:17 -0500, Harold Buck <[email hidden]>
Quoted message said:
In article <[email hidden]>,
Phil M. said:
If it works for you... But I'm just wondering what the advantage would be to carbo load for a distance that doesn't require dipping into your gylcogen stores.
Well, it's probably better for him than a big plate of fried chicken, and it might help him psychologically. Or maybe he has a 100-mile bike ride to get to the 5k race?
--Harold Buck
. . .
Pardon my giggly fit last week (must have been the heat). No, no 100-mile bike ride. I think what was in the back of my mind was what would be the negative effects of a big indigestible meal the night before. Seems like when I hear people talking/joking about "carbo loading" it always ends up being carbo-fat-loading: doughnuts, fried chicken, ice cream, sausage pizza, etc. But whatever the content of the meal, I just hate trying to move when my insides feel like a boa constrictor that's just had his monthly meal.
