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Any tips on relaxation/decompression activities that I can do in the evening to help me prepare for bed/do during the work day to help manage stress? Thinking my marathon training wasn't as effective as it could have been because of poor stress management, but not sure how to do a better job.
when I am too wired, I use theanine to calm me down. I have started sleeping naked with eye-covers and I make sure that there's no light peeping in the room while I am sleeping. I cannot cut back on my daily caffeine intake, unfortunately, due to a multitude of reasons and I am not proud of it. I have however found ways to counter it's deleterious effects, high dosages of L-theanine on the weekends so I can sleep peacefully with minimal interference, warm showers help too. I would also look into training practice times, make sure it's earlier in the day and not later because exercise does charge you up in a way, I do know quite a few runners who use energy chews and honey stingers, make sure you aren't inducing any of these in your system and are eating adequately, inappropriate nutrition can lead to poor sleep too but most of these things are likely obvious to you.
I don't agree with the people in here who think meditation or reading will help, when the body is too stressed or wired, none of those things really help, I do have a weird hunch that it's some other obligation/life stress that is eating at you and is needlessly stressing you out, do attend to it if this indeed is the case. The quickest fix is probably a joint (I know, sorry!!!) and 1000mg of L-theanine, which is a lot but I have resorted to it on a few occasions, because the fatigue was more dangerous for me
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