Sun, Sep-21-03, 19:15
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Plan: Yudkin
Stats: 000/000/000
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Progress: 100%
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Save your energy...
During my trainnig for my first half-Marathon I read many different opinions about what to do, what to eat, what to drink.
There are two things every expert seems to agree:
1. do not try any new on the day before or on the day of the race. (Means new food, drink as much as new amount, carb/fat/protein percentage etc. - that you never tried during your trainings.)
2. most of the not pro runner run out of energy not becasue of the lack of proper nutrion, but because started too fast.
My recommendation: eat the same food for dinner on the day before your race. Eat something similar you usually eat for breakfast, min. 2 hours before the race. (I hope you always have nice big breakfast:-) Drink plenty of water... During the race, if there are water stations, drink when you feel thirsty. If you ever tried any energy drink (Gatorade, etc.) and they offer, you might chose it. (Those little paper cups you can see on races are around 1/3 cups. Lets say you drink 3 of it - means only summ 15-20 carbs.)
After the race drink plenty of water, and have a nice big high protein meal.
Start slowly, save you renergy for the second part:-)
My best wishes:-)
The most important: ENJOY it:-))
For the future. According my experience, if you increase your weekly training milage slowly, gradually, your body will adjust, learn to use fat instead of carb. You will be very suprised to see how little carb you need to RUN all the 10 miles...
Last edited by Galadriell : Sun, Sep-21-03 at 19:29.
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