Subject: RE: staying healthy for Ironman Originally posted by metafizx
in addition to listening to your body...
- eat good, stay away from foods that will drag you down
- avoid sick people, sounds crazy but people don't care about your race, they'll sneeze on you, cough on you...
- spend time planning to be conservative, keep the stress low
- lots of sleep
+1 to the sick people. My sister is always sick (a teacher ) and she feels it's a badge of honor to see our family hours away while sick. I think it's just plan rood that we're stuck in the car with her and we all get sick a week later. Guess I forgot my gold stars to give her...
For me it's about eating enough, TRYING to get enough sleep (I'm lucky to ever get over 6 hours, even when I'm exhausted ), knowing good pain from bad pain and having the mental toughness to stop mid workout if things aren't feeling right, and of course watching IM videos on youtube to keep me motivated during a year of long never ending workouts. |