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How's your day to day nutrition & hydration? Sure that your pace isn't too fast, perhaps drop it back a bit?
Fwiw: I'd switch out the apple for a couple of handfuls of dried apricot & cashews. Eat half within the first hour half in second hour. Drink to thirst. That's just my way though, no assurances it'd work for you.
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So I found consistency helped try a few different things out until you get something that works and stick with it - I used the Maurten powder and gels for all my longer runs.
A 320 drink before run
12-15miles a 180 drink
18-20mile a gelI think making sure you have enough glycogen in you before starting and then access to something which will pick you up enough when you start to tire. A couple of gels shouldn’t rattle and I usually grab a bottle of water on route.
Sleep, hydration, what you ate day before and morning can all play a part
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Anyone offer some advice to avoid falling apart in last 30 mins of a long run? Maybe I'm ramping up mileage too quickly, but am struggling with fuelling. Taking a bottle of water and a chopped up apple along for a 17-20 miler and feeling empty and jelly-legged in last quarter of the run (takes around 2hr 40). At the same time I don't want to be rattling around with gels etc. Feel like it weighs me down. So how do/would you fuel for this? Or is it the body saying slow the pace?