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Yeah I've been tending to do my slow runs with the one other person we are allowed to exercise with or somewhere scenic as much as possible, it's the middle of the week lunchtime runs that are harder to motivate myself for. It's nice to not have to psyche yourself up for a harder session though and I don't have to think about eating anything before.
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Anyone used Maurten? There seem to being used by a lot of top athletes, but not sure if this is being the best or just having biggest budget....
I've not tried it, the selection of gels here is rubbish (the gov classifies them as BAD BAD DRUGS on import). A friend of mine is sponsored by Clean Fuel Nutrition and I can tell you that this is great if you love the taste and consistency of sawdust.
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I use Maurten - its what the pros use so why not. I'd have a 320 before the race and another bottle of 320 for 25-30km and a couple of the gels. It doesn't have any taste and is a fluid gel so is a bit weird but i prefer that lack of taste. Worked well for me. I also tried drinking some pickle juice to help with cramping, didn't have any on Sunday so maybe it worked but seems to be some science behind it and why not eh?
I cant say I like the caffeine one.
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Great work, slow runs are super frustrating, but I found ince I started seeing results I relaxed into them and just made sure I went interesting places to enjoy the scenery!
Have what coach described as an easy week this week (85k including 10 yassos and 34k on sunday with last 12 at marathon pace) before peak week next week ~110k, not convinced if the naming of either of these is right but guess it’s all relative.
Beginning to think a bit more about marathon nutrition, apparently there’s a table with water every 5k so no energy drinks, and I don’t think setting up my own energy table is going to work but thinking about other possible solutions guess I can leave a pile of gels somewhere as it’s multiple laps, and as the site is closed there won’t be any cheeky bastards to steal them or dogs to wee on them so that might be the best bet...
Anyone used Maurten? There seem to being used by a lot of top athletes, but not sure if this is being the best or just having biggest budget....