Can you help me understand something?

[bigbuttblogger]

Hi all. This is my first post here. I am in day 7 of induction and in ketosis. I am also a runner and have worked my way up (from nothing) to doing 3-5 miles at about an 10-11 min pace per mile. I'd like to eventually work up to a half-marathon.

I am reading all sorts of conflicting information (on the web) about ketosis and running. So, here are my questions that I hope someone can help me with..and if you have references, I would appreciate those, too.

1. Isn't the running term "hitting a wall" when someone runs out of their glycogen stores in a marathon or longer race...everything I read says that person should be very fatigued if that happens...barely able to move. But...isn't this the same as crossing into ketosis? So far when I have run in Ketosis (thursday and saturday this week) I did not really notice anything too different in how I felt.

2. Is there a point....during a long run while in ketosis....that one should absolutely consume some carbs or protein or something? Details...pretty please!

3. Before I started induction I had been eating an average of 100 net carbs a day for about 7 months. So...is it likely that every time I ran I was going into ketosis already....over the past 7 months?

THANK YOU SO MUCH for any help you can provide. I really am trying to wrap my brain around all of this. I have been feeling pretty darn good so far and want to make sure I am proceeding correctly in my exercise.

[liv]

Re: Can you help me understand something?

I run every other day. 6 K some days which is 3.7 miles and 10K (6.2 miles) maybe once a week. I have not issues with depleted glycerin stores or something like that. My body has adapted very well to using ketosis as a main burning style.
Some of our members (like Betty) run marathons with absolutely very little carb in her system.
Are you male or female? It is just a suspicion on my part but it looks to me like females do well on low carb and endurance but men may not.