Whole30 is going strong. I did have my first food dream last night. In it I ate some pasta chips - these awful things that I got a sample of a few weeks ago and ate during my last-suppering. They were gross. In my dream I ate them and thought I was ok because they didn't have any sugar in them, then I realized they were PASTA. My skin is not as clear as it usually is by this point of the W30 adventure. But I'm feeling good and sleeping better than I had been. I don't have any cravings, and I'm cooking really delicious meals. I'm doing better at reaching for veggies, guac and HB eggs rather than nuts and dates when I need a quick snack.
I did my long run this morning. Only 6 days since my last one, and I did intervals on Monday, which may have not been the best strategy. My legs felt a big fatigued, and I ended up taking more walking breaks than I would like to. I'm also still figuring out nutrition. I ate the whites of a hard boiled egg (yolks tend to not sit well all the time and I didn't want to risk it) and a larabar before I left, and brought a ziploc with sweet potato blended with dates (3 tiny potatoes and 3 dates). This was kind of gross. It tasted too sweet, and was just smooshy and gross and messy. The quantity was right, but the experience was not. And I had to carry a huge bag of mush, which I could not eat while moving. Not really a practical race solution. Next time I may go back to larabars and dates with some almond butter. Next week is a cutback week so I won't be running long enough to need to carry food, so I won't test this for a while. I still have 2 more long runs to experiment.
I don't feel as great as I did after last week's run, but it's more joint discomfort than muscle pain. I certainly feel better than I remember feeling after this kind of distance when I was eating normally. My hips and knees ache a bit, and I have some fatigue in my glutes/hamstrings.
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