2 ms·

"high intensity" is sprinting, not distance running.

• brianwawok 11y ago
  Well you are burning quite a few more carbs than fat even at a fast 1/2 or full marathon. Not sure exact switchover from more carbs to more fat is, maybe 5 or 6 hours?
  • DrScump 11y ago
    "Well you are burning quite a few more carbs than fat even at a fast 1/2 or full marathon" No, you aren't. Your liver can hold only so much glycogen, and you'll use that up well before the 10-mile mark.
    • zimpenfish 11y ago
      http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22417/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22417/ suggests that an elite athlete (they're talking about 2 hour marathons) could fuel about 1:20 of that with glycogen (~18 miles) but that they burn about equal glycogen/fat (which would give 13 miles of glycogen.) I suspect your 10 mile mark is probably correct for anyone below "almost-elite".