Running

I took to running mainly due to a lot of my colleagues in Chicago who really inspired me. I worked with folks who would run 4–5 marathons a year. Lot of folks had done Triathlon, mainly Iron Man — Triathlon. I started running mainly 5Ks every year from 2007 and finally made my first half marathon in 2009. I continued running 5K and 10K up until the point I moved back to Bangalore.

Bangalore, one of the worst traffic scenarios in India. It is a nightmare for people to run on the street. No proper roads, no street lights(In case you are a night runner) and of course people driving and walking all over the place. This really put me off from running. Eventually I got back in the game by running on a treadmill. Initially I thought it won’t last long but I have been at it for a while now and had done 2 10K 1 5K and training for a half in Oct 2016. So far I enjoy running and hope to keep at it as long as I can. Although miss terribly running on streets and in park districts with streams around :-)

Training

http://www.halhigdon.com/training/
https://www.mcmillanrunning.com/tips
http://lydiardfoundation.org

A good read on distance training https://www.angio.net/personal/run/hadd.pdf

I mainly follow Hal Higdon for all my runs. Although have been reading up on McMillan and planning to use this training for my next run.

When it comes to food this is what I follow

Before the run

During the run

After the run

Enzyme, glycogen synthase, that turns carbohydrates from your food into glycogen for storage in your muscles is most active immediately after exercise.

Day of Marathon

Glucose is the most basic form of carbohydrate or sugar. It is also our body’s “go to” source for energy during moderate and fast running. Glucose is stored as glycogen in our muscles and liver and the trained athlete can store enough glycogen to provide energy for roughly two hours of moderately intense activity like marathon racing.