Running Fat

I am learning. I have flipped my routine over the last few weeks. I use to always run in the early mornings, but because of many reasons I have started to run at nights. I sort of like running at nights, it is cooler and it puts a cap on the day. I run on base so to avoid all the freaky ass people who are scattered along my old route along the beach - which was a big influence on my change of routine.

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When I would run in the early morning i would wake up, drink a bit of coffee, stretch and then I was off. i would never even think about eating anything before a run - plus I have never been a morning breakfast kinda guy. However, when you run at nights what and when you eat is a huge factor in how well you will perform.

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A week ago, I had a big portion of spaghetti about two hours before my run and it was not a wise move. During that run I felt full and bloated and had a difficult time catching my breath. After that experience I decided to eat earlier in the day. So I have been eating four hours before my run and it seemed to do the trick until yesterday.

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yesterday, I had another big helping of spaghetti. Let me tell you the spaghetti I made was out of this world and I may have overindulged. Anyway, it was four hours before my run and during my run i again felt bloated and full and had trouble catching my breath. I felt my diaphragm pushing against my lungs and I was gasping for air.

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I have deduced that a heavy meal- especially a carb laden meal - is not a good thing on run days. i guess that is why runners carb load the day before a big race. Oh well, now I know. So today, I am planning accordingly and going to eat smaller meals that are not quite as heavy. I hope my new found knowledge results in a faster run time as I have less than two weeks before my test.