Sunday capped off a great training week for me. I felt strong on all my workouts and was happy on the nutrition front. The only thing that is lagged behind is sleep. I used to love sleep. I joked that if there was a cult where sleep was involved, I’d join it. Now…I am beginning to dread it. I wake up at all hrs, I fall asleep just wishing it was morning etc. I don’t feel tired necessarily just irritated. (more than usual)….
Yesterday was our first really cold run: -12 with the windchill (~14F). The sun made an appearance so it wasn’t bad. I am still in the slowwwwwww pace for my long runs and end up running solo as no one else is running my pace. I thus have lot o’ time to think/dream about various things. Sunday was no exception:
- -why are my hands so cold?
- -why the hell are there people out on their bikes? It is freezing!
- do ducks ever get cold?
- -Why don’t some people acknowledge the ‘runner’s wave’?
- -you know who I feel sorry for? The 4hr marathon pace bunny….you spend the whole race pacing people to 4hrs and they all ditch you at the end to get in under 4 hrs.
….and so on. The voices in my head make great company. Because I am out for so long, I am having to re-think my fuel a bit more as well. Sunday’s 13km run involved my latest brekfast obsession- Nature’s Past GF Cereal:
and Vega’s line including the PreWorkout energizer, electrolyte replacer and gels. In my previous unhealthy life, dead soldiers meant the empty beer bottles found post party…now it looks like this:
Yes…2 full gels in a 13km run. At the pace I run, I could have an entire meal and still be fine. If someone brought me a coffee during my run, I could drink it.
…and would…
Do you get enough sleep? If you’ve struggle with it, how did you ‘overcome’ it?
13 comments:
I usually get enough sleep. I hit the sheets anywhere from 8:30 to 10:30 during the week depending on what is going on that night and the next morning... I try to average 8 hours and feel best when I do. I do NOT function well on little sleep. I still feel like a basket case from getting just a few hours on Saturday night.
Nice job on the long run! It sure was cold, but I loved the sun!
You would have read on my 21 random list I only sleep 4.5 hours a night on average. I just can't sleep more and don't try. When I'm really tired I can sometimes sleep 6 hours. I don't know cold like that. Johannesburg just doesn't get that cold.
I need A LOT of sleep or else I am a crazy biatch to everyone. I guess it doesn't matter now as I work from home!? :)
Great work on the run this weekend! I have to get my running mojo back! I haven't felt like running since Vegas and it doesn't help that I have some pain in my heel and right leg. Reading your post makes me want to go out now :)
I have no trouble falling asleep, but usually after 2 to 3 hrs. I usually just get up and go to our spare bedroom. I get very fustrated some times. I normally get up at 4 am to go workout so it makes fora very short night. By 3 nights of this I am feeling exhausted and will usually fall asleep and not wake up. It is a visious cycle.
I definitely don't get as much sleep as I would like. I used to be able to sleep until 11am no problem but now my body wakes up at the crack of dawn! I need to make an effort to hit the sack way earlier.
I am loving Vega's new line. Those gels are awesome. Congrats on the long run. You are a warrior for taking it out there in the cold! These Canadian winters aren't the greatest for outdoor running!!
I was always a sound sleeper before I had a baby, now I wake up several times a night (even though she's way past that stage). I have caved and used things like melatonin or valerian root (herbal) when I really need a good nights sleep.
sleeping...that is a hard one
I have a lot of trouble falling asleep
last night 2:30 am I was still awake
I read usually
and last resort....tylenol pm
chilly run!....great job...
funny about the 4 hrs pacer!!!
I LOVE sleep, but I also love time w/ my husband and my books and computer AFTER my kids are asleep, so I don't get as much as I know I need, which is a lot (like nine hours a night).
I get a lot of sleep, and actually, it's about my bed time right now :o
But I've never thought of that and the 4 hour pace bunny, mostly because it would be the day pigs fly that I finished anywhere near 4 hours.
I'm saving my Vega gels for marathon training! So far, I really like the products!
Your random thoughts are cracking me up!
I don't get as much sleep as I like. I go to bed between 9 and 9:30 pm but don't fall asleep until around 10 pm. Then, I typically wake up between 4 and 4:30 am to run. I guess 6 hours is enough, but I want more!
I definitely don't get enough sleep or enough rest for that matter. I am up at 4:50 to get myself/daughter ready for the day...get home at 6:00 and have daughter in bed by 7:30, then onto the treadmill usually around 8:00 (which sucks). In bed by 10 and up again at 4:50....definitely not enough sleep.
I am the worst sleeper ever, have been since I was a kid, I've resigned myself to it at this point.
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