The new issue of Runner's World includes a special package on weight loss, which you soon discover is as much about diet as it is exercise.
There's lots of good advice on what to eat, and when, if you want to drop some weight and improve your performance. The section provides a series of practical tips leading you through training for various lengths of races--from 5Ks to marathons.
Salient points for this older runner:
* The cover callout is tempting: Lose 5 pounds. That seems reasonable, especially with spring at the doorstep. Maybe it's time for the heavy winter brews and second helpings to go by the wayside for a while.
* Don't eat stuff before you run that will require you to carry toilet paper.
* Don't think that long-distance running gives you the right to pig out afterwards, or lie on the couch the rest of the day for that matter.
* No matter what you do with your diet, don't expect to look like any of the runners pictured in this magazine. Not ever.
* Some things I should consider eating related to running fuel: graham crackers, plain Greek yogurt, an egg or two more often in the morning, and gummy bears.
* Enjoy eating. I don't think I can start counting calories at this point in my life. Maybe I can just ask myself, "Would the Dalai Lama eat this?" Good food is transcendent; look at those bananas.
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