Morning And Evening Run
Choose a low intensity at a recovery run or conversation pace.
Morning and evening run. So if you want to run on an empty stomach here is what we recommend. Depending on your fitness level your run should last between 40 and 60 minutes. If you prefer to run in the morning a longer more thorough warm up can help reduce the risk of injury. As takacs explains both your lung performance and body temperature are both at an optimal level of efficiency during an evening run.
This kind of training is particularly suited for morning people who want to get their workout in before breakfast. Usually just with a little coffee and nothing more. Morning runners have many reasons why they choose to run during those early times of the day. For years i ve found or conditioned myself to feel best when i run after first waking.
To remedy any sleep issues nelson suggests getting 20 minutes of sunlight in the morning without sunglasses or windows or sitting in a hot sauna while doing breathing drills after an evening workout to help quiet your body down. That is why some people run better in the evening. In that case try pushing the run back by an hour. This will help you see a temperature change once you get out which helps to promote sleep he says.
An easygoing endurance run can help you blow off some steam. Your work and or family schedule may not accommodate afternoon or evening runs. An evening run can make it hard to fall asleep. Another benefit to an evening run is better lung function.
Since your body is still in performance mode you don t need to warm up as much as in the morning. Not just that your heart function is also the most efficient in the evening. An evening run will help you de stress after a long and hard at work. With more cars on the road in the evening than in the morning be sure to stay safe by wearing light colored reflective clothing and even consider carrying a small flashlight.
The one con an evening run has is that it might perk you up way too much to doze off. Evening runners have the same number of motives on what makes them run after the sun has set. Both set of runners feel the same physical mental and emotional satisfaction doing their running activity at the time they like the most. Plus a relaxing evening run boosts your night time fat burning.
Take a shower soon after the run to cool down and make your. It s as simple as that. Cons for afternoon evening runs. In fact in a 2008 study researchers found that lung function is about six percent better in the evening than in the morning.
This is because your body is sufficiently warmed up in the evenings.