Runners - A hydration & nutrition reminder
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mikeyrp
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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
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
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