Energy Boost

Later on during my long runs, I have noticed that my ability to focus starts to waiver. This isn’t so much that my body feels like it running out gas, but rather I start to feel mentally drained. Concentrating on the roots and rocks laying ahead for hours at a time takes its toll, I guess. To combat this, I added some watermelon sports beans to my pack. Something about popping one of the beans in my mouth to chew slowly starts my mouth salivating. In turn, this triggers a response in my brain that energy is coming, and within a few minutes I start to feel better. I noticed this during the Stevest Run and later at the Rivermen 50k run. Both times, I started chewing on the Sports bean. My brain just seemed to be re-energized.

It strange how the body reacts to the stress of running over long periods of time. Even stranger the tricks we play to keep ourselves going.

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