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  • I’m planning to tap out a steady half marathon at the weekend. Would it be possible to go before breakfast like my other runs to date, or am I flirting with a bonk?

    If it’s more advisable to eat before would a quick snack and go work or would it have to be a big breakfast and wait a few hours ?

    Previous max distance was 15km mostly zone 2 (6:00ish/km) and felt fine on completion.

  • 6min/km over a half is over 2 hours moving - I personally wouldn’t run that on empty, but it depends on some factors like how well you’re adapted to distance on empty, and where on the exertion scale 6min/km is for you.

    My go to is a bowl of porridge at least 1 hour ahead of a run of that distance, and I’d probably still take a couple of gels or liquid nutrition and water. I see a lot of instagrammers smashing more simple carbs like a bagel with honey, you’d probably get away with something like that closer to starting your run?

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