re: Official Running Log/Marathon Training Thread

No I’ve mainly stuck with Spectrum, TROT, and Tejas Trails.

While TROT outs on some great races and is the biggest of the three, I’m not a fan of their leadership.

I may be wrong, but I don't see where any of the gels really sets themselves apart from the others based on a nutritional standard. Seems to me the biggest factors in deciding what gel to buy is taste, consistency, and caffeine vs no caffeine.

I prefer to use SIS gels mid run because they have a good bit of sodium (300 mg).

I don’t disagree with that.

I’ve tried SIS, was a little too liquid in consistency for my liking and was very large/heavy for me. Could make it work if I had too though.

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Baller! I guess that beach house doesn't pay for itself.

For real though, I only use gels on long runs and longer races, so that's maybe 4 a month at most.

Make sure it's the Maurten 4% gels.

I used a Honey Stinger during my trail race this past weekend. Seemed to do the trick. Only $1.50 at REI

So I took a couple of days of good old fashioned sulking from my bonk the other day and am pretty committed to doing what’s necessary to not fail again like that.

I didn’t have “great” nutrition. I’ve slipped back into dipping a bit with all my travel, and I didn’t follow any sort of training plan ramping up to the race. Just kinda maintained mileage.

Not happening again.

I’m taking a few days to feel all the way better as my arse still has a gooseegg on it and my legs aren’t all the way back under me but I’ve almost convinced my wife to let me do a 50k in late September.

It’s a lot higher mileage than I’m used to but 5+ months is plenty of time and I’m committed to dropping a lot of things that I think are holding me back.

Good news, 3. You are pretty damn consistent with your training and I’d be interested to see what you can do following a plan. Travel for work is tough on the nutrition Brah, I did it for years.

Finally had a decent run this morning. Weather was a perfect 60 degrees with no wind. Hip issues were dormant. Each mile was faster than the last and I averaged 8:34 over 5 miles. Nothing is posting from my watch to Strava, though it may show up in 12-18 hours. I think I will run a few 5ks in April/May.