Happy Wednesday! Today is another What I Ate Wednesday, and who doesn't love that? If you are new to WIAW, head over to Peas and Crayons and check it out!
This month is all about loving your veggies, however, only one of my meals includes veggies! That's because I decided to mix things up this week. I felt like my WIAW posts were getting a biiiiiit repetitive, so I thought it would be fun to do a What I Ate on Long Run Day! So here are all my eats from Saturday, the day I ran my 12 mile PDR long run!
I started off the day by getting up around 6:00am, and had tons of water and a cup of coffee!
Around 6:30, I made myself a small bowl of oats for breakfast. I planned to start my run at 8:00am, so I thought that would be a good amount of time. Note to future self: you were already feeling hungry at 8:00am. And it didn't help that the manager at the gym was late and you didn't start running until 8:30am. More fuel next week.
These oats consisted of 1/4 cup water, 1/4 cup milk, 1/4 cup oats, 1/2 banana and 1/2 T PB.
For fuel during my run, I brought a GU gel with me - Pineapple flavored! Again, not enough fuel, especially since I started the run hungry. I had half at the one hour mark (about 6.5 miles) and then I forced myself to wait another 25 minutes for the second half.
I'm definitely still learning how to fuel during a run. One of these was perfect for my 9 milers, but I guess once I start getting closer to 2 hours of running (my run was about 1 hour and 54 minutes), I just need more fuel! I was really feeling the need for more energy.
When I got home, my stomach was a little queasy, but I managed to eat a small sweet potato with some PB2 and then plain Greek yogurt mixed with a little vanilla and stevia and a bit of protein powder mixed in.
A little later I was over at my brother's apartment hanging out and I had a peanut butter cookie Larabar! I had never had it before and it was a great flavor! I didn't, however, think about the fact that I would be torturing poor Molly with the smell of PB Don't tell Harrison, but I gave her a teeeeeeeny bit when he left the room. Oh, and let her lick my fingers clean. She is my Valentine after all.
She was half in my lap trying to get some Too cute.
When I was at Whole Foods that afternoon with my sister-in-law I grabbed a pint of Arctic Zero. If you've never heard of this - you should. It's basically fake frozen yogurt with more protein than most and only 150 calories in the ENTIRE PINT. And you know what that means, right? Yep. I ate the ENTIRE PINT. Half that afternoon, and the other half after dinner.
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For dinner, I went out with my brother and sister in law to a restaurant called The Counter. I've been there a couple times before, you can see reviews on my review page. I got the turkey burger in a bowl, meaning it came on a salad. My toppings were pineapple, grilled onions, scallions and grilled peppers with honey mustard dressing. Weird combo probably wouldn't choose the peppers next time. But it was delicious. I most definitely cleared my plate.
And although my only veggies came with dinner, I sure loved them!!!
As you can see, long run days tend to be a lot of plain foods, or carbs. I fuel up with carbs, and then afterwards I try and get some protein and carbs in, but I tend to not be super hungry until the next day. Although by dinner I was definitely hungry!
For other long-distance runners: What are your fueling techniques for runs? Any suggestions?
Have you ever heard of or tried Arctic Zero? What's your favorite store bought ice cream?
