After wrapping up my marathon this spring, I’ve determined it is time to run one other one this fall – and I am aiming to beat my time!
Let me take you thru what my summer time marathon coaching routine will appear like, together with how I gas and get well from that coaching.
As I spotlight fueling and restoration routine, I’ve partnered with the Canadian Beverage Affiliation (CBA) to showcase the position of 100% juice in my food regimen for Juice Celebration Month. 100% juice is improbable gas and restoration for my exercises because of the pure sugar content material (the quickest gas), electrolytes and the water content material – extra on that shortly.
Let me begin by explaining the coaching routine:
Coaching
My coaching might be consisting of about 5 exercise days every week, with two relaxation days. These exercises will include:
Weekly Lengthy Runs
The weekly lengthy runs are key to constructing endurance. I might be doing them on Saturdays most weekends. These runs I take at a slower tempo, as I’m working to construct my distance again up slowly. I’ll improve the space of those by not more than 10% every week.
Simple Restoration Runs
These runs I might be doing about twice every week. The aim of those is to get my physique used to operating on drained legs. They are going to be executed after my lengthy runs and after a pace exercise all through the week. They may even assist pace up my restoration from these runs.
Pace Work
Speedwork is definitely one of the crucial essential components of marathon coaching (along with endurance and power coaching, in fact). It will get you out of your consolation zone, forces you to run with extra environment friendly kind, teaches you restoration instruments, and prepares you for the push of adrenaline you will expertise on race day. For those who all the time practice on the similar pace, you possibly can’t anticipate to race any otherwise. Pace exercises additionally assist improve your VO2 max, or how effectively your physique makes use of oxygen. The extra oxygen you possibly can eat and use correctly all through your run, the longer you can maintain a tempo.
I might be doing about two periods of interval/ speedwork throughout marathon coaching.
Power Coaching
Personally, that is what I’ve to work on. Power coaching does not come naturally to me. Nonetheless, operating sooner requires stronger muscle mass. Your legs, hips, and core all must be robust to prop you ahead with extra energy in every step. I am incorporating two power coaching periods every week by way of movies from Youtube or the Pelaton app. My desire is to make use of physique weight power coaching exercises or gentle weights.
gas
Fueling appropriately is equally vital as doing the right coaching. Particularly within the heat, summer time months, when your physique is working additional exhausting throughout the exercises.
I’ll do my straightforward runs fasted, nonetheless I have to have gas in my physique throughout the lengthy runs and pace exercises. I additionally deliver gas with me throughout my lengthy runs. The right pre-run and during-run gas is 100% juice. Let me clarify why.
100% juice accommodates solely naturally occurring sugar from fruit. The sugar content material in a single 250 ml glass of orange juice is about the identical as two medium oranges. I desire to drink juice proper earlier than a long term vs consuming the entire fruit, as a result of I do not want the fiber earlier than a run. Having fiber earlier than a run can decelerate the pace that our physique can uptake or use the sugar for gas. An excessive amount of fiber can even result in gastrointestinal cramps – which isn’t fascinating throughout a long term.
Through the summer time lengthy runs, I like to make a home made electrolyte drink with 100% fruit juice. 100% fruit juice is a good supply of important vitamins and phytonutrients. In reality, those that drink 100% fruit juice have a greater high quality food regimen than individuals who do not! Individuals who drink fruit juice have greater intakes of nutritional vitamins A, C, folate and magnesium. The 100% fruit juice electrolyte drink will substitute minerals misplaced in sweat and likewise present the wanted hydration for throughout the run.
My favourite home made sports activities drink is under. Merely combine every thing collectively and retailer in pitcher.
- 2 cups of 100% juice (my desire is Orange Juice)
- 2 cups chilly water
- 2 lemons, juiced
- tsp salt
- 1 tsp magnesium citrate
Proper after my lengthy runs, it is vital to gas inside a half hour – I often make a smoothie after I get house with (you guessed it) 100% fruit juice, a banana and a few protein powder. I’ll then have a full meal an hour or two later with carbohydrates, veggies and protein.
There you’ve got it – my summer time exercise and fueling routine! Thanks once more to the Canadian Beverage Affiliation for working with me to deliver you this publish. I hope this has offered some data for a way 100% fruit juice might be a part of and improve your nutritious diet.
