First attempt at a mobile post. It would be an understatement to say New Haven is lame. Maybe if they didn't try so hard and pretend not to be lame they might make some type of improvement.
Grabbing coffee and a brownie at Blue State, yum.
Yesterday I went for a swim and was scheming for a bike ride after. The thunder storm crushed my dreams so I sulked and planned out the next days bike ride. Using Ride With GPS, I found a route that took me through a place I could refill on water, score.
Pre workout:
- Left over fried rice: contains sausage, liver, cooking greens and the obvious, bacon.
- I stuff two shot blocks and two bars in my compression skirts and head out. I've been liking this a lot, it's ghetto and itchy walking around but the simplicity and accessibility is unbeatable. I'll take a picture next time. I want to say this is my original idea but I'm sure some boner has beat me to it.
- One squeeze bottle one scoop sugar, one container of water. My other squeeze needs to go in the trash...crappy plastic makes it taste like crap. Plastic leaching? Probably.
Workout:
- 55 miles easy pace, get passed by hard core boners with full matching jerseys while I'm in running and mountain biking gear.
- Pace: 16.5 I checked my pace mid way through (16) and cried to myself a little bit. Pushed through the rest of my ride, I guess it helped that skinny old dude was riding behind me.
- During the ride I eat a shot block and bar.
How did breakfast treat me? Fine. Swimming didn't detox me as well as I hoped so I felt a bit dehydrated and sluggish at the start. I should probably avoid fatty foods in the morning though because they take longer to digest. My problem is it doesn't effect me as much as it used to so I forget that I shouldn't...does that make sense? Anyways, all I'm trying to say is...it was okay but I should get smarter about my pre workout meals. I think I'm going to investigate soaking oats and revisiting granola.
Ride was nice, some friendly bikers, some typically assholeish people who refuse to acknowledge that strangers are people too.
Post workout meal:
I've been pretty bad with my recovery meals I think. Before my injury I was running back to back 12 mile runs at 7.20 pace. I was eating a lot of sweet potatoes. I know I said carbs are key for recovery but I've been eating a lot of inflammatory foods which I think are bad for recovery.
Meal:
- Cut up sweet potato pan fried with bacon.
- I should boil next time, this is really good and easy though.
- Mixed in some cheese, yuum.
I probably shouldn't mix fat with carbs...I think it makes it harder to digest. The meal put me out, eating a whole potato needs lots of water. I ended up laying in bed with my water bottle for a while trying to hydrate. Anyways, so it's too early to tell if the potato was effective but next time I will boil and drink more water. Until next time.
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