Carbs & Recovery
To carb load or not to carb load…. Some people have expressed interest in how I stuffed my face before the marathon. There are differing opinions on carb loading ranging from you must do it to carb loading does nothing. As you may have gathered from the rest of this blog I am no expert….on anything really. So this is all what seemed to work for me. I pretty much ate how I normally would the week before the marathon with the exception of what I ate for dinner. For breakfast I always eat two eggs and fruit for breakfast. Lunch is usually a sweet potato and salad. Snacks of banana, orange, baby carrots and almonds depending on how hungry I get throughout the day. I was a little less strict with my diet. I ate some chocolate chip cookies and worried less about what I ate for dinner- one night I had some thin crust pizza. The night before the race I ate perogies (a potato pasta thing). I usually try to stick with veggies and some protein but kind of just ate what I wa...
