Yesterday was my 2nd 20 miler, and "4th-Last-Long-Run-Before-Glacial" and it went...okay.
I was hoping to have a faster pace, but when compared to my 20 miler from 2 weeks ago, my overall pace improved from 8:40 to 8:30.
I'm really happy with the nutrition plan I have going, but I'm starting to wonder how much is too much? I've read that one should shoot for 300 calories an hour. I did about 240 yesterday for the first 2 hours, and I almost felt like too much blood was in my gut absorbing the nutrients, leaving my legs a bit DEAD. I'll have to keep working on that.
Any thoughts? How much is TOO much when it comes to calorie intake?
2 comments:
I've always heard 200 calories per hour was enough.
My best marathons and 50K's were done on 0 calories - but then again, I'm an idiot. 200 cal./hr is what most runners attempt when running 24 hours and top 100 milers are usually at 300/hr; Chris Gardner did the Superior 100on "one gel every 20 minutes."
Calories for a 50K depend upon whether you've carbo-loaded, on what and how much you eat before you run and what you're used to. I think comfort is the main thing; don't get hungry, don't get nauseous and you're good to go.
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