Saturday, January 28, 2012
Eat to run, or run to eat?
I've heard there are two types of runners: those that eat to run, and those that run to eat. The part of me that has lofty aspirations of running a sub 4:00 marathon wishes I was the former. But, the rest of me - the honest part - knows that I'm more of the latter. While leisurely paging through Runners World, I find myself reading the food sections, noting - for instance - that the whole wheat pizza crust in the recipe for Mediterranean Chicken Pizza are packed with extra B Vitamins that help a runner's body generate energy during runs. While I find this information fascinating and potentially useful, I can't help but think critically of how much better my own pizza crust recipe - adapted from Giada De Laurentiis's - is to any whole wheat concoction. Herein lies the truth. If I find myself planning to make pizza on a saturday I am also planning a ten mile run, I am much more excited about the fact that I can eat that delicious pizza - possibly with some andouille sausage and sautéed crawfish tails - without the guilt of the extra calories than I am about any nutritional edge that pizza might give me. For the record, a cajun pizza like that has little to no nutritional advantages. It sure is delicious though.
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LOL. I bet that pizza was tasty. Now you have me wanting one and I am trying to diet.... Ummm, I could just have one slice.
ReplyDeleteI love what you posted Doug. I'm a runner too and I think the same way. I really think I run so I can eat. I love bon appetit and follow Giada on twitter just so that I can eat great food. I've told myself every year for the last 5 years that I'm going to run a marathon this year, but there is always a problem. Three years ago I was running a 20 minute 5k and 6.5 miles 5 nights a week with a 10-12 miler on sat. My goal was a 3:30 time at White Rock, but I got a stress fracture in my foot which cost me 18 weeks off down time. I would love to hear more about your running or food cravings!!
ReplyDeleteI use to love running. When I was still in high school I ran cross country, played baseball, and ran track, so running was just something that I enjoyed to do. But once I graduated and started college I found that I really did'nt have much time to run. The other day I ran three miles for the first time in probably six months and I realized how out of shape I was. So I want to get back in the routine of running often and getting back in shape.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to channel Lt. Provenza from "The Closer": "I don't run."
ReplyDeleteBut I do eat pizza!
K. Smith
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