Thus said, our body obtains energy from glygen stores within the muscles (we eat glucose and we store it in glycogen stores, either in the muscles or the liver).
When we exercise for long periods of time, often our glycogen stores in our muscles become low and the majority of our energy is gained from liver glycogen and then our fat stores through a process called lipolysis.
Lipolysis is a slow process and therefore we cannot rely to much on those stores and therefore need to restore our glycogen stores to their full potential to allow faster muscle reaction times.
From http://www.marathontraining.com/marathon/m_longr.html i gained simple helpful ways to increase your potential on the running day.
- Get atleast 8 hours sleep the night before
- Rest fully two days before the run or if you do want to go for a run, it must be a light run.
- Hydrate- drinking water only when you are thirsty (too much water can also be fatal). A good combination drink between water and juice is energade or powerade.
- Eat foods with low fat and high in good carbohydrates. Such as pastas.
- Stretch
- Wear comfortable, non-chaffing clothes, often vasoline would help prevent me from chaffing in my arm crease and between my legs. PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE!!!
- Stay loose by shaking out your arms and shoulders regularly
- Maintain a regular pace
- Use imagery, mental rehearsal/visualization, and self-talk to develop mental toughness.
- Keep your head up, never stop, ALWAYS keep moving forward!
Hope this was a little helpful :)
GOODLUCK AND MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!
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