This morning I was talking to my Mom over breakfast and she started grilling me about this whole marathon thing. I guess she is finally starting to take the idea seriously. She had read an article about marathon training in the newspaper, so she was obviously now an expert on the subject. She was telling me how I need to be walk running and cross training as much as possible. I demanded to see this article where she got literally all of her knowledge on running from. The article was geared towards older, beginner runners so I scoffed and told her she did not know what she was talking about. Come on I am a 23 years old and have spent the last 9 years of my life running, I am practically a seasoned veteran. She was right though, alot of the more recent schools of marathon training are encouraging cross training, to avoid injuries and keep your legs fresh. However I do have my pride, and I will never walk run.
My Mom pushed on with more advice and opinions, desperate for me to take her seriosusly. She started asking about nutrition and special diets for marathoners, demanding that as my training progresses I need to stop avoiding carbs. Again I knew she was right and that this was something I definitely need to look into. I can't just expect my body to take on the next several weeks of training and mile after mile of running without the proper fuel. Since she has so much free time on her hands and loves to boss me around I challenged her to become my nutritionist and come up with some tasty ways for me to fuel up before and after my runs. I am sure she won't disappoint me. So today on my 4 mile run after having a delicious pre-workout snack of grapes and almounds I couldn't help but think about how my Mom's literal ingorance in the sport of running helped bring a fresh perspective to one runner who thinks she knows it all.
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