Disclaimer

This blog is about my running experience. I am not a physician, nutritionist or personal trainer. I am a runner. I do not know it all. I am only writing from my own experiences. I finished my first marathon on June 3, 2012. Who knows where my feet will take me next!

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Marathon Recovery, Week 4

This is the final week Hal Higdon's Marathon Recovery plan.  The complete details for this week are here.  The idea here was to recover from my marathon in a safe and slow manner.  It has worked!  Training for Marathon #2 starts in three weeks!

Sunday: An hour of cross-training.

Monday:  Rest

Tuesday:  Five miles.

Wednesday:  Five miles.

Thursday:  Three miles.

Friday:  Two miles.

Saturday:  Rest

TIP OF THE WEEK: "Food has real nutritional value, whereas sports drinks are just sugar," says Nancy Clark, R.D., author of Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook and a nutritionist with SportsMedine Brookline of Boston. Clark recommends fruit or yogurt (frozen and otherwise) as a superior snack to cookies or candy bars. Research by Dr. (Edward F.) Coyle indicates that 1 gram of carbohydrates per kilogram of body weight per hour is necessary for the most efficient glycogen replacement. That translates to 2 calories per pound, or 300 calories for a 150-pound runner.

I agree with that statement in part.  MOST sports drinks are full of sugar, but NOT Hammer Nutrition!  You won't find any sugar in any of their products.

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