Endurance Sports Nutrition
No running endurance?
A few days ago I ran the 800metres in my school’s sports day. I had never ran a race as long as that in quite a few years and I didnt know what to expect. At the beggining of the race, I ran at mid-pace and found myself in 1st position. From then on I decided to run a bit faster. However, as I passed the 400 metre mark, fatigue kicked in, my legs were numb, my chest hurt badly and I could taste blood in my mouth. I carried on running until I knew I had to stop or I would faint. Yet, I carried on until the last 100 metre, where I was overtaken and I finished second. After the race I was sick and coughed up blood. Any tips on what I should do, I really want to be able to run long distance races but I dont think I’m capable of them. Any tips on nutrition or training regimes?
Well done by the way.
It depends on the long distance you are talking about… if you mean 800m as a long distance then you might want to do certain things, if you mean something along longer than 10k as long distance then you might need to do something else.
The main thing to do is to get out there and run.
If yuo are running 800m try running a mile or so (1600m) in a training session, a bit slower than your 800m time – to give you stamina. Try a session of short sprints every now and again (sprint 200m, rest and repeat), and try a session pof 800m runs.
For longer distances you need to do pretty much the same. Long distance run coiuld be 4 miles at an easy run, sprint sessions could be the same and instead of race distance runs, try half to 3/4 race distance runs
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