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I'm going to be mainly concerned about nutrition during the race. I have zero experience with that.
That was my undoing. I'm still trying to figure out what works for me. I think my strategy was like 90% good. I had a big (for me) breakfast - oatmeal and half a bagel - ate a Gu at 5, 10, 15, 19, and 23 miles, ate two random orange slices, and drank water at every station. Had zero stomach issues. Bonked hard around mile 20 and had 3 shitty miles before recovering near the end. I think a slightly bigger breakfast and alternating water with Gatorade would have helped a lot. Still kicking myself for not even trying a Gatorade.
I'm running Grandma's Marathon in a few weeks. I guess I'm still tentatively planning to use the same plan, but if it's as hot in Duluth as it's been down here that will be a struggle. I couldn't get more than one Gu down on my long run the other day and felt like shit ("Gu gut") for the rest of the day.
Yesterday I tried one of the Hammer Nutrition powder mixes that came in the sampler pack they sent me. One pouch was like 270 calories (equal to almost 3 Gu's). It was only a 6 mile run but I thought it worked great. I'd like to try something like that or Tailwind for the marathon, but I don't know how the logistics would work. You'd have to carry a shit ton of it with you and keep refilling your water bottle, or have someone meet you every hour or so.
I guess my best advice would be to try a bunch of shit to see what works best, and make a decision before your last long run so you can practice it.
Yeah I'm gonna keep using this Higdon plan as a base for the rest of this year but will probably try something more sophisticated next spring. I bought the Pfitzinger Advanced Marathoning book but haven't really looked at it yet.
Logistically, how would someone use something like Tailwind for a point-to-point road marathon where you don't have drop bags? You would have to have someone meet you with refills, right?
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Judging from your Strava entries, you're gonna improve significantly over the next year or so. The sooner you switch to a plan that uses the VDOT formula the better.
Joined: Mon March 18, 2013 11:48 pm Posts: 5223 Location: A Dark Place
You guys shouldn't be like me and just putts away your best running years by having no real direction. The number of times I just went out and hammered ever training run, but then saw very little actual improvement in races is disturbing.
Judging from your Strava entries, you're gonna improve significantly over the next year or so. The sooner you switch to a plan that uses the VDOT formula the better.
Lord, I hope so. I hate to keep being such a bitch about the heat, but I feel like I've gone backward 6 months in the last 3 weeks. Running 4 miles at 7:55/m this morning felt like a huge accomplishment.
verb_to_trust wrote:
I'm so overwhelmed right now
Aw man, don't be. Training is fun. After the marathon you'll look back and see one set of footprints. That's where the Strava group carried you.
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