I'd say this close to your marathon its pretty late to start experimenting. I'd just stick to whatever nutrition you've been using and you know agrees with your stomach and give you enough calories to avoid blowing up. I'm sure some of these new more advanced gels and drinks are very good and i will be trying Maurten mainly for its neutral flavour for my longer stuff but that will be at least 4 weeks out. When is the big day?
Just under 5 weeks, 3rd April, so figure while towards the end of the ideal window, shouldn’t be too bad..
Haven’t done a marathon since 2018, and completely bonked at IM Austria in 2019, plus figure that’s not really the same kind of intensity so having a bit of a rethink...
Plenty of time then for a decent trial i thought your marathon was right around the corner. Let us know how you get on if you try the Maurten. A half iron will be the longest I'm hoping to do this year and i find 10-12 sweet gels combined with sweetish drink is hard work.
I'd say this close to your marathon its pretty late to start experimenting. I'd just stick to whatever nutrition you've been using and you know agrees with your stomach and give you enough calories to avoid blowing up. I'm sure some of these new more advanced gels and drinks are very good and i will be trying Maurten mainly for its neutral flavour for my longer stuff but that will be at least 4 weeks out. When is the big day?