A little planning goes a long way…

Yesterday I had a bike/run brick on my schedule.  I usually do my workouts in the morning.  It has been this way since I started running 3.5 years ago and discovered what happens when you run right after eating a lunch of cherry tomatoes. 

Anyway, yesterday I had to be at work for some meetings and could not get my training done in the morning.  I motored through my day without thinking much about eating and then headed out on the ride when I got back.  There wasn’t a lot of thinking that went into this….

Should I take food on the bike?

Nah, it’s only an hour!

(of hills)

(and I just ate a hollow chocolate bunny, that’s enough, right?)

Should I take water?

Nah, it’s only an hour!

(of hills.  with a 1/2 hour run off the bike afterwards)

Um.  Yeah.  So…I felt OK on the bike.  But I was slower on the run off the bike than usual, a little overheated (did I forget to mention the weather is suddenly warming up?), and a little weak by the end.

It’s not rocket science, kids, but some days…I’m just a moron.

Enter today, where I was barely able to squeeze in masters swim in the dark before dashing to the office for an early morning meeting, leaving me still needing to do a run with hard intervals later in the day.  This time, I actually *thought* about it in advance and planned accordingly.  I ate a couple frozen waffles before swim, I had a Luna bar after swim, I had fruit and oatmeal and juice at the office during my meeting.  I drank a bottle of water and a bottle of sports drink.  After noon, I got home from work, popped into my running clothes and headed out the door.  Despite heat and a LOT of Z3 intervals, I felt great and energetic. 

I even had to drop Jeff back at home partway through the run because he couldn’t keep up with me.

Wow, this whole FUELING thing actually works.  Duh.  Like I said, rocket science….