synthetic wrote:
Spartan420 wrote:
TriJayhawkRyan wrote:
Personally my schedule is driven by the household. During the week:
AM workout fasted then eat breakfast.
Lunch workouts after light 10am snack then eat lunch.
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This is pretty close to my schedule. 4am workout, light snack at 7am. Breakfast at 9am. Workout again at noon. Eat lunch after, about 1pm.
When it comes to actually participating in Endurance events, I am a weirdo who only eats solid foods. I eat bars, sandwiches and fig newtons on the bike. In the runs, I eat zone bars, cookies, pretzels and anything else solid.
Why participate and not race? Solid food probably adds 10% + time to your total finish
I disagree. Solid foods have not slowed me down.
I test strategies all the time. I did 3 half marathons close to each other all fasted from 12-16 hours. My pace was right at my typical race pace of 7:17/minutes per mile. I then ran three more half marathons while eating Zone Bars during the run, because I like to eat. My time for those three races were a couple seconds faster per mile. Regardless, I felt a lot better mentally, eating. And recovery wise, I was recovered right after the races where I ate, and recovered a day or more after the fasted races.
Ive only done one full IM, but ate like I had a buffet on the bike and run. It was like heaven working out and eating. Finished sub-12 hours. Not great by any ST standards, but as my 1st attempt I was super happy.
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Spartan420: May 8, 19 12:55