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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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Day to day think is fine, have been steadily extending the weekend long runs and only feeling the big crash after I got over 15 miles. It hits almost immediate out of nowhere. Ideally want to extend long runs into beyond marathon distance and have some fun going far. Am not getting past that crash part currently. Will try your apricot and cashew suggestion, thanks!
Squaredisk
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?