M.O.R.E.: Weighty Issue

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Weighty Issue

Patty and I discuss this topic quite often, how to eat enough to still be able to run well and yet be able to lose those few extra pounds from the holidays. I came upon this article from another runner's blog, which I found helpful and interesting. One of the key points is to eat a larger breakfast, something I have been trying to do lately even when I'm not hungry. I'm usually a coffee only gal in the morning. I hope you find the article interesting.

http://www.active.com/running/Articles/4_Ways_to_Reach_Your_Ideal_Racing_Weight.htm

4 comments:

justme said...: helpful, now i just need to implement; April 9, 2009 at 6:22 AM
Patty said...: If we could just combine this with the "recovery run" advice and eat a big breakfast soon after our long runs, maybe we would run better and lose weight. I think my advancing age is making it harder to keep the weight from gathering around my middle no matter how much I run it seems to just stay there.; April 9, 2009 at 8:04 AM
Claire said...: Isn't it interesting how easy and straightforward it is to eat right and lose weight? Too bad it is not so easy in execution.

Forget the social pressure to gorge; I need to resist my own pressure. If I could get past that, a lot of my problems would be solved!; April 9, 2009 at 5:21 PM
marathon mom said...: I think there is something to the idea of eating a bigger breakfast. I notice I'm less hungry throughout the day and usually can skip lunch (not a good idea) when I eat a large breakfast. I know it has something to do with tricking your metabolism and letting your body know that it doesn't have to store fat for later, that it will eat again. The problem for me is time. During the week, it's tough enough getting breakfast on the table in time befor school, let alone for me before getting ready for work. I will have to make a better effort.

BTW, Catalina was beautiful. we did a 3 mile hike to the top of the island and got a view of the ocean on both sides of the island. It was a very steep incline and now the tops of my glutes are killing me! The hike took us to the TransCatalina trail which runs the length of the entire island. It would make a great run. I wonder if that's where they run their marathon?; April 10, 2009 at 8:46 AM

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Favorite Trails

South Fork 3.1: Start from dirt parking lot on Magic Mtn Pkway and run to the loop at Wiley Bridge and return the same way.

Tesoro 3.25: Start in Albertson parking lot and take sidewalk/trail until it ends and then enter the water tower road to the top two towers where the ends. Return the same way.

Chesebrough 3.25/4.60: From Chesebrough Park, N. to Copperhill, So. on Bike Trail, turn around at Decoro, back up trail to power lines to bridge at park. Turn around at Heritage will give you 4.6 miles.

Chesebrough 3.5: Chesebrough Park down to McBean, south to Northpark Dr., the paseo trailhead. Take the paseo to Helmers and back. Very hilly.

Bridgeport 4.0: Fairly flat, run toward Lowes and under Bouquet bridge to RiverPark community until you reach the closed gates and return. For a hilly run, go north into Helmers and run up the paseo switchbacks into Northpark where the paseo ends and return the same way.

Chesebrough 4.0: N. to Copperhill to west side of river trail, run S. on Bike Trail past Decoro bridge, across Decoro to the east side of river trail, up back to power lines trail, back to park.

Chesebrough 4.0: From park down power line trail to Heritage Park and back same way.

Bridgeport 4.0: From School, cross McBean via bridge or street and head into industrial center on Ave. Scott Bridge and enter bike trail going south toward the train bridge. Turn around at train bridge and return same way or cross the bridge and head toward Peet's after crossing train bridge and back onto the Lowes Trail.

Heritage 4.0: From park, run up bike trail to Decoro, over McBean Bridge into Helmers, and into Bridgeport through lake trail back to park. Can be done in reverse. Moderately hilly.

Chesebrough 4.25: Chesebrough north to Copperhill, left to Albertson side of bike trail. Run south on trail to Decoro and cross over bridge and head north all the way to Copperhill on east side of river trail and back to the park the same way as started.

Cheese/Decoro/Helmers 4.25: From the park, down dirt trail to bike path, south to Decoro. Leave bike path at Decoro and cross paseo bridge at McBean. Stay on paseo up hill towards Helmers. Run up water tower trail once then continue on to switchbacks and paseos back to park.

Heritage/Bridgeport 3.3: Heritage Park south to McBean Bridge @ Panera. Cross and head toward Lowes bike trail and head east toward Bridgeport Park. Halfway mark is at park bathroom, head back by entering trail along the lake and back onto the bridge.

Lowes 4.25: Lowe's parking lot to McBean, cross the bridge and to South Fork. At Valencia Bridge, enter trail behind Hart Baseball diamonds. Continue on trail to Bouquet and across the bridge on the east side and back under the bridge again towards Lowes.

Peet's & Decoro 5.2: Peet's Coffee to train bridge path; to Decoro and across bridge; back down McBean side of bike trail back to Peete's.

Peet's & Wiley 6.0: Start at Peet's Coffee and head east toward South Fork trail and past the Wiley Bridge. Keep running another 200 yards to where the trail forks left and right. Turn back same way.

Peet's & Copperhill 6.0: From Peet's to bike trail heading north to Copperhill and back.

Albertson 7.0: From the Albertson parking lot on Copperhill, enter the westside bike trail and head south until the train bridge. Return the same way.

Peet's 8.5: Run to Copperhill on east side of river trail and return via train bridge on other side.

Lowes 10: Start in the Lowes parking lot. Enter the bike trail heading west. At McBean, cross the bridge and head east toward SouthFork trail. Continue on trail until you come to the Wiley bridge and head back the same way.

McBean 14: This route can be done from anywhere along the trail route. Starting from McDonald's across the post office, run to the end of the South Fork trail and return the same way, cross the McBean bridge and run on the Lowes trail until you hit Bridgeport Elementary and then cross Newhall Ranch via the bridge or street and run back towards McBean. Continue north on McBean until you hit Copperhill. At Copperhill, cross McBean and enter San Francisquito bike trail and run south on the trail until you are back at McDonalds.