What killed my Run A. Atkins Diet or B. Not warming up

Gendry wrote:

I went to do a timed mile today. It was 54 out so not that cold, well, its cold for me I live in the deep south. I have ran well in the 50's before. So I start my timed mile and I was so tired and out of breath, that I just stopped half way through. My mile pr is 8 min. yeah Im what people here would call a "hobby jogger" I started running to lose weight started @ 230, now 180 @ 5'10. I recently went low carb to peed up weight loss, but today I sorta felt tired even though im usually not. I also didn't warm up to good because I was in a rush. Not really sure how much I should warm up anyway. So which one killed my run.

Both. Warming up matters, and having a crazy diet is bad. If I were you, I'd focus more on just getting your aerobic system working better. Just run what you can at a reasonable effort and don't think about time or pace much for now. Lose a little more weight and get stronger; the speed will come along.

3.6/10

From my personal experience I'm going to say it was Atkins.

Several years ago my wife was doing Atkins to lose weight. I went along with her just to see how it felt. I'm a skinny runner and didn't need to lose weight mind you, I just wanted to 'experience' the ketosis (sp?).

After about 5 days of low carbs and doing OK, I hit a major wall on an easy 5 miler. I literally had to stop running and walk back to the gym. I had zero energy and zero will to run. As soon as I got back to the office and showered I ate a bunch of carbs and felt normal the next day.

I guess the body will get used to it, so they say, but I wasn't willing to try it any longer.

joho wrote:

From my personal experience I'm going to say it was Atkins.

Several years ago my wife was doing Atkins to lose weight. I went along with her just to see how it felt. I'm a skinny runner and didn't need to lose weight mind you, I just wanted to 'experience' the ketosis (sp?).

After about 5 days of low carbs and doing OK, I hit a major wall on an easy 5 miler. I literally had to stop running and walk back to the gym. I had zero energy and zero will to run. As soon as I got back to the office and showered I ate a bunch of carbs and felt normal the next day.

I guess the body will get used to it, so they say, but I wasn't willing to try it any longer.

Yes, you're body will get used to it and everyone is different. I have a 2:30 marathon PR on low carb/paleo and a 14:40 5000m pr. I def do not hit the wall in a marathon anymore because I don't use glycogen as fuel.

You don't use glycogen as fuel? How many grams of carbs do you eat a day? I'm trying to keep it below 40 right now. Do you ever get tired? Also if you are running marathons on a low carb diet you must be shredded

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flagjr wrote:

3.6/10

moron

ftgyhujkl wrote:

flagjr wrote:

3.6/10

moron

Agree 1/10 at best

You are a complete and utter idiot if you cut out carbs as an endurance athlete.