Easy, Nutritious Recipes to Fuel an Active Lifestyle
I got back from my run yesterday and dramatically flopped onto the floor of my dorm room, drenched in sweat (sorry, roommate). While I chugged a bottle of water, I checked the weather app on my phone, convinced that it had to be at least 85 degrees outside. …okay, it was 65. When the temperatures starts to pick up, I wonder –every year without fail– how I’ll survive
During my freshman season of high school track, I knew something was wrong. Even though I was getting enough sleep, I could hardly get out of bed some mornings because I was so tired. My legs felt heavy and fatigued almost as soon as I started running. Despite running six days per week, I felt like I was in the worst shape of my life. I finished
Over the past couple weeks, I’ve noticed that I’ve been feeling more sluggish and having less energy than normal. When I’m running, my legs have felt heavier and my natural feel-good pace has gotten slower. I was talking about this recent change with my running friends, and I realized that the only thing that’s changed is that I’ve been getting fewer hours of glorious Zzzzzzs than normal. I
Figuring out what to eat before a run stumped me for a long time. Nothing ruins a good run like cramping up, feeling too full and weighted down, or getting hungry and lightheaded. During one of my first track seasons in third grade, I had practice on weeknights around 6:30. We’d always eat dinner around 5 or 5:30 and then head straight to practice. I
I’ve been in a bit of running rut for the past few weeks. This whole semester, I just ran whatever I felt like each day– no races scheduled (except for an unexpected half marathon a couple months ago), and no training plan, which was a great break from structured running…for a while. For the past month or so, I just hadn’t been feeling it as much. I had a few great runs
