Any Runners Here?

[Heeltoeexpress]

Starting my first ever marathon training block this week and am a bit nervous. I’ve done a few half marathons, improving each time, but have not gone further than 13 in training and haven’t done much running (just a 10 miler) since starting Tirz. The Tirz has allowed me to lose 30 lbs I needed gone. As I head into this training block I’m wondering if there anything I could add to help with the bit of fatigue from Tirz or the recovery from running. Any advice or thoughts?

 

[lemon lady]

Runner here 🙋🏻‍♀️, I usually do a 6-7km run 4 days a week. I've found a week after being on Reta (2mg) my energy levels improved immensely, I did 5 consecutive daily runs, no walking breaks and no muscle soreness! Not sure if this will be an ongoing blessing or if it's a temp effect, hoping for the former!

 

[Heeltoeexpress]

Runner here 🙋🏻‍♀️, I usually do a 6-7km run 4 days a week. I've found a week after being on Reta (2mg) my energy levels improved immensely, I did 5 consecutive daily runs, no walking breaks and no muscle soreness! Not sure if this will be an ongoing blessing or if it's a temp effect, hoping for the former!

I’ve been thinking about switching to Reta from Tirz, especially since I’ve hit maintenance but have read that Tirz is better for inflammation and that is pretty much the whole reason I want to stay on a maintenance dose. Glad you are having a good time with it!

 

[Learning]

Starting my first ever marathon training block this week and am a bit nervous. I’ve done a few half marathons, improving each time, but have not gone further than 13 in training and haven’t done much running (just a 10 miler) since starting Tirz. The Tirz has allowed me to lose 30 lbs I needed gone. As I head into this training block I’m wondering if there anything I could add to help with the bit of fatigue from Tirz or the recovery from running. Any advice or thoughts?

I’m a long distance runner (1/2 and full marathons). Tirz helped me SO MUCH! But I did have some trouble keeping my energy up while running.
My solution is to carry squeezable containers of 100% fruit (basically, it’s baby food). They fit great into the side pockets of my running shorts and don’t leak because of the twist off cap.
If I predict I might need more calories than what’s in the pouch, before I head out I squeeze out a little of the product and replace it with jam, honey, or a little peanut butter.
It’s not a pretty process to prepare the pouches but this really gives me the giddy up I need.
Happy running! 🏃 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️

 

[Heeltoeexpress]

As an update:

I’m 12 weeks into training with a check in race (a half) coming up at the end of Oct (30 days from now). The general tirz fatigue either improved or wasn’t so bad after all. All has been going well until this past weekend when I did a 13 mile long run. It wasn’t a bad run but I had a hard time fueling correctly the day before and during the run and really paid for it after the fact and today with extreme fatigue. Shot day is typically Friday, long run is typically Saturday. The worst fatigue days (for me) are usually days 2 and 3 after the shot (Sunday/ Monday) which has been working well to keep me from being too tired at work and also not destroying my weekends. I think I may need to adjust either my dosing schedule or running schedule so that I’m able to properly fuel as the runs get longer and longer. I’m also circling back to the idea of running GLOW/ KLOW or a wolverine stack as well but need to refresh my research.