The next step

Last weekend I tried a new jogging trail, this time in Bochum with Elliot. When we started to run, he began his support by asking whether I wanted to go for a walk or for a run. Well, well, in the end we saw that ... he was right.

Awful result, I was red like a tomato and it occurred to me that maybe, maybe I have been a little bit too optimistic. 15km!!! In less than 90 minutes??? Holy moly, I'm getting scared.

However, I decided to wipe away these thoughts and to concentrate on something different, but equally important: Food. After hours of reading about running, nutrition etc here is what I found:

Carbs: 60% of daily calories intake
Proteins: 20% of daily calories intake
Fat: less than 20% of daily calories intake
Vitamins: C, E and A
Calcium: 1000 mg per day
Iron: 18 mg per day
Sodium: just enough to avoid cravings for salty food

So far so good. But I don't know my daily calories intake and I certainly won't start counting every calorie that wanders into my mouth. And how the hell should we measure 1000 mg of calcium per day? And 18 mg of iron? I start to understand why proper athletes take supplements: it's just so much easier to follow the recommended nutrition guidelines.

So, I also wiped away those rules and read and googled even more to find the type of food that naturally fits to a jogging diet and now proudly present our menu for the coming weeks:

Breakfast
Low-fat yoghurt (proteins, carbs, calcium) with banana (carbs, potassium - important to prevent cramps)
or
Whole grain bread (fibres) with peanut butter, yes, peanut butter (protein, fibres)

Lunch/Dinner
Salmon (protein, omega3fats, vitamins A, B and D) with spinach
or
Poultry with carrots (vitamin A) and nuts, sweet potatoes (potassium, iron, vitamin A and C), eggs (vitamin K, protein, of course) etc...

Any suggestions welcome! And if that all gets to complicated, we will just do it like Rocky.