Eleven Miler and Dietary Nitrate Supplementation
Ran a nice eleven miler this morning. Creekside to Leland to Zoom to Chainsaw to Creekside. It's great to have all of these trails back open, and it really adds some nice variety and switches up the hills. It took me 1:21:17 today to crank out the eleven miles (~1,400' gain). Felt pretty good, but a bit slow/heavy from yesterday's effort.
An interesting study has been published looking at the impact of dietary nitrate supplementation via beetroot juice on exercising muscle vascular control. As noted in a previous study, consumption of beetroot juice had a significant beneficial impact on running velocity, as well as in perceived exertion. In this study, the authors were interested in finding out if nitrate supplementation had a similar beneficial impact on exercising muscle vascular control. Based on their results, nitrate supplementation improves vascular control and elevates skeletal muscle O2 delivery during exercise, predominantly in fast-twitch type II muscles. So as with the previous study, nitrate supplementation (via beetroot juice) can not only help running velocity, but also oxygen delivery and vascular control to your muscles. More scientific evidence supporting the idea that athletes need to consume lots of veggies (and not just carbs and proteins) in order to ensure that they are getting enough natural nitrates in their diet.
Showing posts with label Chainsaw. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chainsaw. Show all posts
Monday, October 15, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
Sunday Run
Sunday Run
Yesterday evening we did another loop run in the valley. We started at Elk Creek and went up and over Chainsaw, then along Creekside to the Leland road. Up that, then up Fools Creek to Kings Creek. Along that and back to the Leland road and on that until Sunken Bridges and then down. A nice run on excellent trails and forest roads for a total of around 13+ miles (I give an extra because of mapping errors). I did it in 1:58 this time. A touch tired in the legs from the previous hill climb and then a biking day (which I don't do, so it hit my quads).
They are logging in the Elk Creek drainage (according to the FS map, only on Elk Creek/D2, but they have closed the entire drainage). You can hit the trails on the weekends or late in the day, but otherwise they are "closed". I have no idea for how long, nor why they need to close the entire drainage? Call the Granby Ranger district for info.
Thinking of doing Sage Burner this weekend...
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Yesterday evening we did another loop run in the valley. We started at Elk Creek and went up and over Chainsaw, then along Creekside to the Leland road. Up that, then up Fools Creek to Kings Creek. Along that and back to the Leland road and on that until Sunken Bridges and then down. A nice run on excellent trails and forest roads for a total of around 13+ miles (I give an extra because of mapping errors). I did it in 1:58 this time. A touch tired in the legs from the previous hill climb and then a biking day (which I don't do, so it hit my quads).
They are logging in the Elk Creek drainage (according to the FS map, only on Elk Creek/D2, but they have closed the entire drainage). You can hit the trails on the weekends or late in the day, but otherwise they are "closed". I have no idea for how long, nor why they need to close the entire drainage? Call the Granby Ranger district for info.
Thinking of doing Sage Burner this weekend...
Find more Run in Fraser, CO
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Long Training Run
Long Training Run
Did a longer training run today to see how things would go. Felt good most of the way, no walking on the hills and kept up a good pace for most of the flats and downs. Had three drop bags for water and fuel: one at the end of Creekside, one at the turn onto Kings Creek, and one at the top of Leland near Zoom. Seemed to work out well. Add two miles to what the map says due to mapping errors. Overall, not a bad ~23 miles run at 9,000+. Did it in 4:02 today.
Did a longer training run today to see how things would go. Felt good most of the way, no walking on the hills and kept up a good pace for most of the flats and downs. Had three drop bags for water and fuel: one at the end of Creekside, one at the turn onto Kings Creek, and one at the top of Leland near Zoom. Seemed to work out well. Add two miles to what the map says due to mapping errors. Overall, not a bad ~23 miles run at 9,000+. Did it in 4:02 today.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Friday Training Run
Friday Training Run
Working on different loops at different paces to get ready for this season. This is the first year that I have actually done any official races, let alone kept track of routes and mileage via a website. We will see what happens...
This is a nice loop with a solid climb from Creekside up to Kings Creek road. Started out mellow and then picked up the pace once I hit the waterboard road from Creekside. Felt good on the climb, keeping a fairly decent pace from there all the way to Zoom, at which point I turned it up a notch for the decent.
Working on different loops at different paces to get ready for this season. This is the first year that I have actually done any official races, let alone kept track of routes and mileage via a website. We will see what happens...
This is a nice loop with a solid climb from Creekside up to Kings Creek road. Started out mellow and then picked up the pace once I hit the waterboard road from Creekside. Felt good on the climb, keeping a fairly decent pace from there all the way to Zoom, at which point I turned it up a notch for the decent.
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