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New to the forum so I hope this question hasnt been asked before. If it has, sorry....
Ive been training for the Edinburgh half marathon for the last 2 weeks, before that I was running on a regular basis (3 times a week) about 5k at a time, I stopped in October but started using my local gym and the treadmill 2 weeks ago. Everything is going well and I have 1 out door run a week usually on the weekend just to get used to outdoor running again. Once the nights get lighter I will spend most of my training outdoors unless Im doing weights.
My question is, what should I eat to help my training? Im 6 foot 2 and currenlty way 17.9 stone :embarrassed: and 26yrs old...Im obviously overweight and looking at loosing the belly, this is one of the reason why I have decided to give myself a target...the Edinburgh 1/2 and Full Marathons both in aid of the RNLI. I'm the kind of person that needs to set targets otherwise I give up...my running is strong and Ive never had a problem with distance...dont ask me to do sprints, I'm not built for that
Im currently running 6.5 miles in about 40mins on the treadmill and about 4.9miles in the same time when running outside. My pace seems to drop when running outside.
I have cereal for breakfast with semi-skimmed milk, for lunch I usually have a sandwich or a pasta and then for dinner I have a home cooked meal with veg.
I try and drink as much water during the day as I can as I am really bad for not drinking enough since I don't drink Tea or Coffee....
Any advice would be great.....be as harsh as you like, I'm thick skinned
O.
New to the forum so I hope this question hasnt been asked before. If it has, sorry....
Ive been training for the Edinburgh half marathon for the last 2 weeks, before that I was running on a regular basis (3 times a week) about 5k at a time, I stopped in October but started using my local gym and the treadmill 2 weeks ago. Everything is going well and I have 1 out door run a week usually on the weekend just to get used to outdoor running again. Once the nights get lighter I will spend most of my training outdoors unless Im doing weights.
My question is, what should I eat to help my training? Im 6 foot 2 and currenlty way 17.9 stone :embarrassed: and 26yrs old...Im obviously overweight and looking at loosing the belly, this is one of the reason why I have decided to give myself a target...the Edinburgh 1/2 and Full Marathons both in aid of the RNLI. I'm the kind of person that needs to set targets otherwise I give up...my running is strong and Ive never had a problem with distance...dont ask me to do sprints, I'm not built for that
Im currently running 6.5 miles in about 40mins on the treadmill and about 4.9miles in the same time when running outside. My pace seems to drop when running outside.
I have cereal for breakfast with semi-skimmed milk, for lunch I usually have a sandwich or a pasta and then for dinner I have a home cooked meal with veg.
I try and drink as much water during the day as I can as I am really bad for not drinking enough since I don't drink Tea or Coffee....
Any advice would be great.....be as harsh as you like, I'm thick skinned
O.