So... yeah, I was supposed to do my 8 mile run two weeks ago, but I was in New Orleans for Mardi Gras.... yeah... you guessed it: that didn't happen. Next I planned to do my 8 miles yesterday. Due to a commedy of errors involving starting late, running into gastric distress AGAIN, and losing people, that didn't happen either. (though I did get a cumulative 3 miles in).
So I'm starting on 5-3-8 again this week.
I WILL be doing it. Also, I may have discovered the cause/solution to my "distress" after doing an embarassing google search on "running diarrhea"! I was worried that it was due to psyching myself out before my long runs & kicking the flight-or-fight response on, but I never feel that nervous or stressed. After the google search, it looks like it could be related to how close I eat to when I run. Then I talked to my coworker and he said he would have the same problem when he was on the cross country team (yes, we talk about poop at work) and that if he ate anything closer than 4 hours before, he would have issues at about 1.5 miles. That's EXACTLY when my issues tend to kick in. Guess it has something to do with your body shunting blood away from GI tract to muscles for running and then your body says, "well, I can't do anything with this now... no point, let's dump it!" Good to know! I can't wait to try again this weekend now. Guess I'll try to get the run in before lunch if possible. : )
Yeah, I bet you ALL wanted to know about this, but maybe someone else will find the info useful. hrm.
As a CAVEAT: I had been making sure to eat 2 hours or more before a run. I thought that would be enough digestion time.
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