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New to Trail Running and Need some advice

guest — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 03:52:30 GMT

Don't space out to often while running on the trails - you may end up with a face plant. Look up..your go down.. unless you're on a smooth rail bed or carriage road. learn to keep one eye on the terrain and the other on the trees or ladies in white.

As for snow shoeing with the lass in white - the trail will always be there...she may not. Strike while the iron is hot.

There isn't one magic pill for cross-training. You can bike, hike mountains, snow shoe or cross-country ski(in winter) .

If you mean builing your core rather than cross-training, There is oodles of stuff out there.

What to eat before running that is light?

guest — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 01:21:55 GMT

Gatorade will be just fine. So would plain water. For three miles your burning anout 300 calories - not what one would consider a major caloric drain. As for C-milk it's a great recovery drink but after a lot more than three miles. You may be ingesting more calories then you expended in the run. I would be careful about mile products before a run or at least experiment.

What to eat before running that is light?

guest — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 04:25:13 GMT

For three miles you shouldn't be running out of fuel unless you were fasting for the entire day before. Any chance you are simply running too fast for your current condition and you are tired?