50 mile Walk and diet

Walk a lot. And try to copy the same conditions (is it roadpaths or woods or hills?) You will want to do night walks as well so you get used to that. Check locally to see if there are any groups doing some locally.

Make sure you have good walking boots and good socks. And lots of changes of socks.

There's no specific diet requirements for a walk. Just stay hydrated and eat normally, but little and often.

The biggest thing I found with walking long distances in particular is you have to exaggerate your arm movement otherwise your hands will swell up like balloons.

busybee557 wrote: »

Yeah, I've seen my hands swell. I hold my water bottle in alternate hands when that happens. That helped. Healthy portable snacks, low calorie; any ideas? Apple slices in a Baggie? Gorp?
What do you eat for snacks?
As far as terrain, city streets. I have good shoes and socks.
Thanks for answering myfelinepal!

Its kind of hard to say. For actually completing endurance event, you don't really want low calorie food. You want calorie dense food. General eating is much different from food I train with.

For instance, for a 50 mile race, I'm eating a mixture of carb gels, electrolyte drink (nuun), gummy bears, coke/ginger ale, soup, a mash of peanut butter, bananas and honey, and boiled potatoes with salt.

its also very personal. What is delicious at mile 13 may be disgusting at mile 33. You just have to try different things.