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Anyone use salt tablets?
I've recently started to use these when racing or long training runs and think they do help and I seem to have more energy/stamina and seem to recover easier
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SideshowBob-
Never tried salt tablets but I used to use electrolyte drinks (High-5 usually) for long runs.
Most of the time a single 500ml hand bottle and some gels were enough (up to ~28k or so), but for the final pre-marathon 35km training run (3 laps of Richmond Park on the Tamsin trail) I used a locked up bike as a base and would top up the hand bottle after each lap, plus grab a gel or two, from a cache left in the bike panniers.
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Thanks, I'll get a pack.
Greenbank
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^ oooof looks like that was serious @doubleodavey
Just ran a 3hr long run at around 8 min per mile pace, still felt I had a bit at the end, so bang in the sweet spot for a 3.30 marathon in a month's time. Concerned about blowing up in the last few miles even still.
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