Achieve a New Personal Record by Fueling Properly (following information is for non-diabetics and for general information. It is not a nutritional pre
For the past 18 years Grouse Mountain has hosted the BMO Grouse Grind Mountain Run(R) in September. 2009 is no exception it is the culmination of the summer's hard-work and repetitive, yet addictive climbs up the Grind.
Since July 12th, 2009 I have been training for it deligently and differently. I tried various intervals, plyometrics , running with Parachutes and climbing strategies all with the goal of challenging myself, but also being able to give guidance to fellow Grouse Grind enthusiasts. In this time my personal record has come down by almost 15 minutes.
I reached my mini peak goal of 39:56min on my 33rd birthday last week. This was achieved by implementing nutritional strategies a couple of days prior to September 10th. Today after encouraging a friend to push himself to a level of discomfort he rarely goes to on his own, it is time to taper and fuel for Sunday's race.
"Training is 90% physical and 10 % mental; and competing is 10% physical and 90% mental”.-Edmund Burke
Yes, there is nothing quite like a race, except a race, however by making your training harder than the competition, the competition becomes easier. Edmund Burke summarizes it quite well, but neglects the nutritional component of a 30min- 1:30Hr event which primarily uses carbohydrates (CHO) as fuel.
Alfred Ball - Kinesiologist, Strength & Conditioning Specialist
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