Wasting Away on 100mpw

kids wrote:

kids who are in med school or kids while YOU are in med school? either one is pretty normal to me.

no, the latter is not at all when you're also running 100mpw.

not a good idea.

bonzo wrote:

kids wrote:

kids who are in med school or kids while YOU are in med school? either one is pretty normal to me.

no, the latter is not at all when you're also running 100mpw.

not a good idea.

i will have a baby soon, i am in med school and i run 100mpw (well, 95 this week). so normal to me. but i get your point, some people do think i am crazy, i guess.

Hopefully, the weight thing will "flatten out". It would suck to have all my clothes not fit anymore. Bad enough that my feet seem to getting bigger/spreading out in the process so my shoes are getting tighter. But it beats the hell out of getting fat at my desk all the time, tweaked out on caffeine at 2am.

Kudos to "kids", I am doing research now (md/phd) which is why I have time to run, but not sure how you cram in the miles with med school. Throwing a kid in the mix will be a challenge but I'm sure you'll figure out some new balance. Give mama a high five taking on the challenge as well.

I figure I'll see what I can do running-wise before residency wrecks my fitness, again.

Years ago I was into bodybuilding and gaining muscle mass or keeping it there from running are probably alike. Your body probably needs a lot more protein, carbohydrates, and fat now that your running so many miles or you could get into a catabolic state.

This is my opinion and mine alone and If others disagree so be it.

Drink at least a half gallon of 2% fat milk a day. Each cup contains 9 grams protein, 11 grams carbs, and 3 grams of fat. I drink it by the pint and if you can then the above figures are doubled and the calories go way up.

Next is Apple juice. Apples juice contains 28 grams of carbs per 8oz. or cup, zero fat or protein, 35mg. sodium, and 260 mg potassium. I also drink this by the pint to.

When I don't feel like eating I can always drink something and these are two very good sources of liquid Macronutrients without buying the so expensive supplements.

Spread this out over the day and into the night. I wash my gatoraide jugs in the dishwasher then take a qt. of each to work and consume it during the day. I also drink even more milk and juice after I run. This works for me but whatever road you take good luck....

BamaCoyote

Pittsburgh Joe, if you're looking for people to train with who run similar mileage, you might want to consider the Pittsburgh Pharaoh Hounds:

http://www.pittsburghpharaohhounds.org/

They do intervals on Tuesday's, tempo runs on Saturday morning and long runs on Sunday. The club is laid back but on any given day you can find 8-20 people ready to do 10x1000 or an 18M long run. You'll find people in the club who are in grad school, med school, have full-time jobs, families etc. There are a few who are doctors at UPMC so can probably help you out with how to train and get through the md/phd at the same time.

I was the coach of the Hounds from '05 through '07 while I was post-doc'ing at Pitt. If you have any questions please feel free to email me or email the contact people on the website.

Just run, don't worry about it. If you're losing weight but feeling OK otherwise, it means your body is adjusting to the increased mileage.

What sort of pace are you doing you training runs at?

BamaCoyote, if I drank 1/2 gallon of milk each day, I'd become a hydrogen balloon. ;) But soy milk sounds like a good supplement. I assume the macros are similar. Thanks for the tip. I knew a guy in college that did this.

Apple juice a too sweet for me and makes me pee like a race horse. Gatorade same deal. The sugar gives me headaches. Go figure.

Joel, you guys are on my radar. The only reason my running is working now is my seat-of-the-pants scheduling. Long runs at 5am, noon-time runs commencing the minute I finish setting up an experiment, etc. When I get to a more quality phase I will def. seek you guys out for workouts and marathon tips. I'll drop a email at the website.

At first I thought you meant that your wife runs with her shirt off too.

Pittsburgh Joe wrote:

Joel, you guys are on my radar. The only reason my running is working now is my seat-of-the-pants scheduling. Long runs at 5am, noon-time runs commencing the minute I finish setting up an experiment, etc. When I get to a more quality phase I will def. seek you guys out for workouts and marathon tips. I'll drop a email at the website.

Yeah I know how that schedule can be. Definitely email the website so you can be added to the mailing list, this will give you a better idea of upcoming workouts, meetups for easy run days, races people are doing, etc, so when your schedule quiets down you'll sort of be in the loop. Also, don't feel shy in just popping in for one of the workouts/runs: we have people from other teams, out of town, of varying form, come in and run. The guys are pretty friendly and are always eager to get more people out for workouts; it just helps everyone's running in the long run. Good luck with school and training and let me know if you have any questions about the team or Pittsburgh.

what time are those long runs, joel?

Whoa, I thought physicians signatures on prescriptions were not legible. Congrats to those who understand.

Cereal and bread are not exactly helping you here. Try going for some unprocessed, real grains to fortify.

Get ye to Primanti's young man.

shadow puppet wrote:

what time are those long runs, joel?

They're usually 9AM at Schenley. But recently they've added some long runs at North Park. I'd check with Hans or Charlie for the latest information, since times and locations may vary if there is a big race that weekend.

and then click on "workouts" on the side and their email addresses are listed.