Food is making a difference

I blogged last week about how my lack of eating led to my struggles in a 7-mile tempo run, a run that took me an hour to finish.

Since that day, I've made sure to eat enough to support my running habits, eating as many "good carbs" as I could, staying away from dairy (which kills me on runs) and subbing fish and chicken for red meat as much as possible.

It's only been a week.....

But here is my run today, compared to my run a week ago today. I ran the exact same course, with the exact same crazy ass weather. HOT. HOT. HOT.

Today: 7.05 miles in 55:45.
Pace: 7:54.
Avg. Hrt rate: 84 percent max;
Time spent over 85 percent heart rate: 27:30

Last week: 7.04 miles in 1:00:47.
Pace: 8:38.
Avg. Hrt rate: 83 percent max;
Time spent over 85 percent heart rate: 30:45.

Interesting, interesting, interesting.