You are doing great! One warning on caffeinated products. You can definitely overdo it. That will cause GI issues. Best of luck on getting the miles in, it is always a challenge.
Hello again. It's good to see you found a training plan but training plans aren't set in stone. If you have a knee issue and you want to get some miles in then you can just go for a walk hike. If the knee really hurts then you just have to shut it down for a few days. My advice comes from my experience. It's not the answers for you, but maybe it will make you think about what you're doing and using it to figure out an approach and training that works for you. I don't know what kind of sneakers you're using but they seem to be possibly altra zero drops and that could be an issue for your knee. As far as nutrition is concerned you should use the caffeine in the second half of your training runs or races. The caffeine will elevate your heart rate in the beginning so your heart rate will actually redline quicker. In the second half of your race is when you can take the caffeine. When doing ultras our group actually takes no caffeine 2 to 3 weeks before the event so that when we do take the caffeine in the 2nd half of let's say of 50K it will give us a better energy jolt. Even though you didn't eat the cookie, it's a good thing to carry what we call happy treats, or happy food. In my transition area, I would always put a cut up pineapple in the summer. I would pick it up keep going and eat it on the trails. It revived me like no other. If you can take some ibuprofen and ice your knee. You're better off doing less miles and training and going in with a better knee. Myself, last weekend I did a walking 10 mile walking hike with 1800 feet of elevation gain and the next day on Sunday I did a half marathon with 970 feet of elevation gain. Did about an 11 minute pace and didn't stop until maybe half mile before the finish line because it was the steepest steepest hill. It was two loop event. The first time doing the loop. I slowly jogged up that steep hill while most walked. I just wanted to prove something to myself. The race actually took place inside of the New York Westpoint Academy. I haven't run or hiked since that day and this weekend I'm resting up and doing absolutely nothing. I won't run again until next weekend and it will be a long walking hike. Good luck and keep on enjoying your journey.
Thank you for the encouragement! I actually took a 12 mile hike this weekend instead of a long run and it felt really great! I appreciate hearing your approach and that walking/hiking is okay. Deep down, I know that's the case, but it helps to have someone else say it haha. I'm going to have to work different types of movement in these last 6 weeks to keep my knee fresh. And I'll keep in mind the caffeine fast before the race, that sounds like a really good idea! Thank you for commenting :)
You are doing great! One warning on caffeinated products. You can definitely overdo it. That will cause GI issues. Best of luck on getting the miles in, it is always a challenge.
Thank you for the tip! I'll have to make sure I use un caffeinated tailwind as well
Hello again. It's good to see you found a training plan but training plans aren't set in stone. If you have a knee issue and you want to get some miles in then you can just go for a walk hike. If the knee really hurts then you just have to shut it down for a few days.
My advice comes from my experience. It's not the answers for you, but maybe it will make you think about what you're doing and using it to figure out an approach and training that works for you.
I don't know what kind of sneakers you're using but they seem to be possibly altra zero drops and that could be an issue for your knee.
As far as nutrition is concerned you should use the caffeine in the second half of your training runs or races. The caffeine will elevate your heart rate in the beginning so your heart rate will actually redline quicker. In the second half of your race is when you can take the caffeine. When doing ultras our group actually takes no caffeine 2 to 3 weeks before the event so that when we do take the caffeine in the 2nd half of let's say of 50K it will give us a better energy jolt.
Even though you didn't eat the cookie, it's a good thing to carry what we call happy treats, or happy food. In my transition area, I would always put a cut up pineapple in the summer. I would pick it up keep going and eat it on the trails. It revived me like no other.
If you can take some ibuprofen and ice your knee. You're better off doing less miles and training and going in with a better knee.
Myself, last weekend I did a walking 10 mile walking hike with 1800 feet of elevation gain and the next day on Sunday I did a half marathon with 970 feet of elevation gain. Did about an 11 minute pace and didn't stop until maybe half mile before the finish line because it was the steepest steepest hill. It was two loop event. The first time doing the loop. I slowly jogged up that steep hill while most walked. I just wanted to prove something to myself. The race actually took place inside of the New York Westpoint Academy.
I haven't run or hiked since that day and this weekend I'm resting up and doing absolutely nothing. I won't run again until next weekend and it will be a long walking hike.
Good luck and keep on enjoying your journey.
Thank you for the encouragement! I actually took a 12 mile hike this weekend instead of a long run and it felt really great! I appreciate hearing your approach and that walking/hiking is okay. Deep down, I know that's the case, but it helps to have someone else say it haha. I'm going to have to work different types of movement in these last 6 weeks to keep my knee fresh. And I'll keep in mind the caffeine fast before the race, that sounds like a really good idea! Thank you for commenting :)