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When training hard I tend to favour more sleep rather than have breakfast and wait for it to settle so wake up and go so I'd have a gel when I wake up, then probably 1 gel every 40 minutes or so.
I did try one every 20 minutes a couple of weeks ago, seeing how mental Chrissie wellingtons nutrition schedule is (1g of carbs per kg per hour) which was frankly disgusting.
I've always relied on a hand bottle for runs up to 2 hours, and have started using a camelback for fluids for longer stuff as I don't like doing laps to pick up stuff - too much temptation to bail!