Runners - A hydration & nutrition reminder

mikeyrp

I'm working in Moscow this week and don't have any of my usual gear with me - No drinks bottle, sports drink, gels, clif bars etc.

I went out on a 15 mile run this morning without even eating breakfast - just a glass of water! By half way it was like I was swimming in treacle. I stopped and bought water (Thank goodness I had some cash with me) which helped considerably - but I think poor planning added 30 seconds to a minute per mile to my overall time.

Lesson: fuel and hydration makes a massive difference to performance. It was nice to test this. Once. I've done it for you now so you don't have to try it yourselves.

Lesson 2: Having a two hour sleep in the afternoon over a long run is fantastic: felt back to normal after that