Mud and Exploding Hearts

Today was my first run over 5km since switching to the Keto Diet. In Natural Born Heroes,  Christopher McDougall describes his first easy run after switching his diet and how he felt light headed and energy deprived. He also notes advice given to him by Nutritional Guru, Phil Maffetone. He explains that you have a fat burning threshold where your body is content burning fat as long as it doesn't get oxygen depraved. The simple formula is 180 minus your age and plus or minus some other little bits. Simply, my 'fat burning' zone should be somewhere around 153-158 heartbeats per minute. Now, I didn't get light headed and sickly feeling out on my runs because I believe I experienced all of that during my first week of the 'low carb flu'. Today, I started my run in a bouncy stride and I felt full of energy and ready to attack. If anyone knows me, they know that I like to jump right into the extreme without an easy transition, today was no exception. I was in a quick pace and I was bouncing around dodging the slippery mud when I realized that at 3km I had been running about 5min/km which is quick for a 'normal' me. I checked my heart rate and immediately slowed down, I was at 205 bpm! That's why I felt like I was going to die, I told myself.

Soon after I slowed my head and heart started to feel better but I could feel my legs turning into maple syrup. A sticky, lethargic feeling of slowing down. I just tried to concentrate on keeping my 'elastic bounce' and keeping good posture. This surprisingly kept me in good spirits and allowed me to continue in good but slow form. As soon as I hit the last/only climb that is short but oh, so sweet, I didn't even consider running it. I walked the climb that normally I smoke in normal form. But I told myself that I am in a transition and that next time I come to it, I will attack!

I ordered the Banting cookbook/infobook/research book on Banting/ Keto eating by Professor Tim Noakes, The Real Meal Revolution. It is full of beautiful recipes and info on the diet/lifestyle and will make anyones mouth water.

Strava

Until next time,
Cameron