Running, flurries, and what to eat!

This week has carried on as usual. Since I ellipticized on Wednesday, I ran 5 miles on Thursday…my legs were still SO SORE from my Tuesday run. My mind was ready to go that fast for that long but my legs were a bit shocked. I took Friday off so I could rest…and spend more time working on our Murder Mystery party…which was last night and was a huge success!

Realized I was still wearing my pearl earrings during my Thursday run. A little fancier than I usually choose to dress for my runs but at least it matched the white theme?

I had an exam on Thursday morning and I wrote this note to myself to read when I woke up…sometimes I am my best motivator! 

I'm back on the refueling-with-chocolate-milk train.

Today was freezing though. I got in 3 miles before I threw in the towel and had to warm up.

Trying to get a picture of the flurries (it didn't work).

Came back and refueled with hot chocolate (and a biscotti from Alex).

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I found this article about what to eat and how long to eat it before a run. I do most of my runs at an "easy" pace, and find that when I am running easily I can eat basically anything before a run. I've eaten cold pizza, chocolate, apple, etc (not all at the same time) within minutes of heading out the door and have 0 stomach issues. However, if I'm doing a harder workout and am trying to keep a pace or do a progression run, I find that eating anything within the hour causes problems. I think that this article offers some good suggestions that are creative and also energy efficient. Will definitely have to try some of them while I'm home running over winter break!