Did my last 20 miler of training this morning---and can I tell you....I'm going to anyways-- it rocked.
After a few weeks of craptastical long runs--today's was great. I prepared all my chews, my hydration, my gear--everything was laid out...so when I eventually did get out from under those awesome, warm, soft blankets--it was like, well, I guess it's business time.
I think I've got a good schedule for fueling during the race, what I planned out for today worked really well, outside of feeling a little stomach cramping around mile 15 which passed.
Like, I've told you guys--I sweat...hard. A couple miles in a could like like I'd be running 10 in Kenya--it's ridiculous. Seriously though, I'd had a hard time working around that for a while. My sodium depletion led to awful stomach cramping at the end of both my 'official' half-marathons. I thought it was just because I pushed myself hard and my body just wasn't used to it--but the more I trained and the more I did my research, I found that I may have very well been in the starting stages of Hypoatremia . In the most basic of explanations, a lot of salt loss. I focused so much on carbs/sugars and water hydration, that sodium loss hadn't even occurred to me!
So here's what worked really well for me today:
(NOTE: NOT TRYING TO ADVERTISE HERE, JUST WHAT WORKS FOR ME AND MY PERSONAL FAVORITES)
Pre-Run
1)Ate a Belvita package beforehand/getting ready.
2)Took 1 S-Cap prior to starting running.
Running
3)About 45 min in, grabbed 3 Clif ShotBloks (margarita flavor)
4)About 60 min in, took another S-Cap
5)Sipped Lemon-Lime Nuun throughout (my personal favorite flavor)
Repeat steps 3-5 for entire run--in this case 20 miles.
Post-Run
6)The biggest glass of delicious chocolate milk
Yeah, I'm a wee sore--but I don't feel like falling over or like I need to run to the bathroom every 5 minutes.
Added bonus, because I feel like I was great in warding off the stomach cramping--my mindset is flipped from, "What a dumb idea." mode to "Nailed it" mode.
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| I COULD NOT help myself. |
I'm thinking if I can stick with this fueling plan, I should make it through the marathon while still being able to function afterwards and have some quality time with my folks visiting New Hampsha!
How do you fuel for your runs/any workout? How about recovery? I'm always curious about this stuff--so please, comment, tweet me back, ect. ect.
Til next time, when I'm suffering from long-run withdrawls on this taper...
Go Fork Yourselves!
<3Krissy
Hmmm, sodium depletion, that never occurred... I'm often Captain Stitch-a-lot on my longs run, but I too sweat like a fat guy at all-you-can-eat buffet. I'm going to try that, maybe it will help! Good tip!
ReplyDeleteHmmm, sodium depletion, that never occurred... I'm often Captain Stitch-a-lot on my longs run, but I too sweat like a fat guy at all-you-can-eat buffet. I'm going to try that, maybe it will help! Good tip!
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