re: Official Running Log/Marathon Training Thread

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21.3 mile long run, 7:07 pace 122 avg heart rate in Brooks adrenalines with 1 gel at the start and no water

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do you take hydration/carbs in during an actual marathon? I’m going to be honest just because you can do this doesn’t necessarily mean you should. Even if you don’t feel like you need it during the run it’ll help with recovery after when you’re going that long

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21.3 mile long run, 7:07 pace 122 avg heart rate

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Damn, dude. That is quite the aerobic base. Did you run in college?

I just don't get the science behind that ,conditioned or not. Your body requires fuel, you can't carb load enough to fuel 21 miles, especially at that pace. Dude is an anomaly that should be studied. At some point, your body starts consuming protein and muscle if it's depleted that bad. This shite is screwing with my brain.

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Only part that seems insane is the heart rate.

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So how does your body fuel itself over those 21 miles once it depletes itself? You have about an hour of stored fuel. There has to be a science based explanation. It has to consume something for fuel.

Bro when Zuck calls you answer.

I think you’re shorting yourself. Google search “ The capacity of your body to store muscle and liver glycogen, however, is limited to approximately 1,800 to 2,000 calories worth of energy, or enough fuel for 90 to 120 minutes of continuous, vigorous activity.”

120hr isn’t vigorous. Was his fueling optimized probably not but now the importance Refueling after went up

Chatgpt got me this is what I was looking for:

"B. Fat Adaptation:
Trained endurance athletes often improve their mitochondrial density and fat metabolism, which allows them to run at moderate intensities using mostly fat.

This runner likely operates below their lactate threshold, allowing fat oxidation to dominate, which is more sustainable but slower—unless you're elite."

So he's conditioned himself to use fat efficiently as a fuel source. Teach me, Yoda, i want to learn the way.

Did you run at tech? If so when’s you graduate? We may know each other

Ran in the afternoon. Had 900 calories for breakfast, 700 calories for lunch. About 80oz of water total before the run. 1 gel right before. I do 15-18 mile runs fairly often with no gels and no water during. Pretty much always in the afternoon with 1400-1800 calories already on my stomach.

@pedro, no comment so I don’t dox myself. I don’t know any runners from ULM though. I wasn’t very good in college though

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Moving time 2:32:07, elapsed time 2:32:26.

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Okay, you’re a certified freak

13m at 11:10 pace
Average Hr 146 40oz of tailwind but I probably have enough fat stored for 30-40 miles.