Subject: RE: SWBKRUN Mentor Group-Closed! TIME TO TRAIN!So suzy what do you do for Marathon nutrition and fueling? I realized I have gotten really slack this year and doing everything off reserves which isn't a good idea and really not possible in a Marathon which would be the longest event I have done. I am really shooting for right around 4hrs (would love to be just under but not counting on it for my first ) I have no problem with gels while running, I stick with chocolate ones, which is funny because I normally am not a chocolate fan but other gels taste too sweet and fake where chocolate gels just taste like chocolate. I can drink from a squirt bottle while running, but pretty much have to come to a stop to drink from a cup or I just splash it everywhere. I have used sport beans and some other shot block type stuff also and they all seem fine also. While I guess I could just go with the solid foods, I really don't want to have to carry them for 26 miles. I ran my 1/2 with a fuel belt with 2 small bottles of accelerade one gel at the 6.5 mile mark and some sports beans every mile or so. I thought about infinit but obviously can't carry enough for the whole race, maybe could do some conentrated stuff and squirt into cup but then I pretty much have to walk to drink it. Official training starts in a few weeks and I want to use the nutrition for the whole plan so trying to get a plan figured out. |