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> My pre-race fueling strategy of not increasing the total intake, but trying to eliminate everything but carbs seemed to pay off. I felt like I had plenty of e
by pazimzadeh 2y ago
> My pre-race fueling strategy of not increasing the total intake, but trying to eliminate everything but carbs seemed to pay off. I felt like I had plenty of energy, and my stomach felt good the entire race, which is extremely rare for me
But maybe eating just carbs led to low minerals, hence the cramping? You could try to bank by eating oysters and a potassium supplement two days before?
- hasheddan 2y agoGood suggestion. I think that my pre-race fueling strategy was better than previous races, but certainly lots of room for further improvement!
- canucker2016 2y agoI think your insecurity about your race plan is from lack of confidence in your ability to run the full 26.2 miles at a given sub-3 hour pace. Looking at your Strava workouts, your long runs were at a much slower than marathon pace, and very few of those runs were over 16 miles. If you want to run the full 26.2 mile marathon at, say, 6:45/mile pace, then you should be able to run 22 or 20 miles, averaging 6:45/mile. You can start at a shorter distance, say 12-16mi at a slower pace, and work up to 20mi+ at or close to race pace. You can play around with planning a race plan with these race simulation workouts, i.e. all miles at race pace or half distance at race pace+5secs, last half at race pace-5secs, etc. Also check into marathon training plans for ideas of how to progress and schedule workouts until race day.