I am getting half marathon ready again, friends! While I obviously don’t do this professionally, I do like to clean and tune up a couple of habits so that I can feel my best leading up to that day . I am sharing 5 things that I am focusing on to have a smooth, injury free, easy running day.
Getting 8 hours of sleep
I am not going to lie. With the kids being on summer vacation, our normal sleep schedule has been thrown out the window. I, unfortunately, am not on summer break, so a night staying up late can affect me for a couple of days after. This week and next, I am focusing on being home earlier to “Wrap up our night” and making sure we have plenty of time to shower and finish anything else we need to do before bed. We love winding down, but it can set us back a lot if we don’t start it early!
Focusing on eating nutritious, unprocessed foods
With the holidays and fun summer weekends, I also found myself eating out of my normal habits and overeating as well. These next two weeks, I am focusing on making sure I have enough protein and that I am eating enough clean food to get me through the extra practice runs. I am making sure I snack on healthy, clean snacks throughout the day to keep me feeling full. I am currently fasting, but with no extra pressure. Simply making it part of my routine to detox my body.
Staying hydrated
I am limiting my coffee to two cups a day and cutting out the soda I have on weekends so that I don’t have the bloated feeling in my stomach. I am staging hydrated by drinking water all day, my everyday GLOW and green tea, and the occasional sparkling water. Staying hydrated for me is key to continuing my energy throughout my runs.
Limiting my stress
Stress can affect how well I sleep or how much motivation I have to want to train. I am focusing on not sweating the small things and continuing to live in the moment. I am taking walks and breaks to disconnect and have silent time to manage days when my stress feels a little more than the normal and to rest of course when I need to from my running.
Strength training
While I have not been in the gym in over a month (maybe almost 2 unfortunately) . I have started to use my at home gym weights to get some full body movement whenever I can squeeze in time. I also plan on doing at least 3 gym classes in the time before my run, along with my running, in order to get my body fully moving. Strength training is so important and goes hand in hand with running, and I’m a little disappointed that I haven’t focused much on it the past 2 months. There is only going forward now, and we do what we can ❤️
Hopefully, my tips can help you if you’re starting running or just trying to find some pointers in tue weeks leading up to a race ❤️
Xoxo- Csy ❤️
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