Tapering, carbo-loading practice

Got the taper and carbo-loading, such as it is, going for Two Oceans on Saturday. Not so much to perform there, but just practicing for the taper and carbo-loading before Comrades which is still a couple months away.

One thing I’ve learned is that it’s no good just sitting or lying around in the last week. Gotta keeping moving, doing short, faster runs, nothing that will damage muscles, everything that will keep my heart rate pumping, my blood-volume up and waste-removal pipes working.

Another thing I know is that it doesn’t help to pour in or push in all sorts of stuff in to me, in the hopes that it will carbo-load something somewhere. All that does is upset my systems completely.

Part of the carbo-loading trick is eat only when the muscle-glycogen-store receptors are working, in the 45 min or so after exercise, or after a couple of days of carbo-depletion.

For the rest I eat less.

Because I need less on daily basis as I am not running so much.

Also because my body is far too good at turing excess carbs into fat. I have enough of that for many Comrades Marathons