After starting my third and finishing my second IM at Pineman this last weekend I have come to the inescapable conclusion that I am missing part of the equation. I know I was moderately undertrained for this race but I think there were other things at work.
Lets forget about the aborted swim in the fog and go with the rest. I felt great nutrition wise on the bike and after getting off. I had a solid 5:44 ride and had forced myself to relax and take it very easy. I followed that up with a miserable 5:17 run. The first 9+ miles of the run were right on 10:00 - 10:30 pace. Then my right calf started cramping and I had other obvious signs of nutrition/hydration distress, i.e. light-headed, slightly elevated heart rate, muddled thinking, etc. that I did not have 30 - 60 minutes prior. Looking back into the race, my nutrition got haphazard on the run. I was very methodical on the bike but once on the run I wasn't. I peed in T2 but not again until mile 15 or so after upping my fluid intake once I noticed things going south. I had a gel near the beginning of the run but my stomach wasn't happy with that and I got lost on calories too. I sweat heavily and take salt tabs but those weren't making my stomach happy either. From mile 10 - 20 I walked a lot more than I ran trying to recover. I was able to run about half the way in the last 6.5 miles.
So the question is, what is your IM Marathon nutrition plan? Mine is obviously not working.
I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.
Lets forget about the aborted swim in the fog and go with the rest. I felt great nutrition wise on the bike and after getting off. I had a solid 5:44 ride and had forced myself to relax and take it very easy. I followed that up with a miserable 5:17 run. The first 9+ miles of the run were right on 10:00 - 10:30 pace. Then my right calf started cramping and I had other obvious signs of nutrition/hydration distress, i.e. light-headed, slightly elevated heart rate, muddled thinking, etc. that I did not have 30 - 60 minutes prior. Looking back into the race, my nutrition got haphazard on the run. I was very methodical on the bike but once on the run I wasn't. I peed in T2 but not again until mile 15 or so after upping my fluid intake once I noticed things going south. I had a gel near the beginning of the run but my stomach wasn't happy with that and I got lost on calories too. I sweat heavily and take salt tabs but those weren't making my stomach happy either. From mile 10 - 20 I walked a lot more than I ran trying to recover. I was able to run about half the way in the last 6.5 miles.
So the question is, what is your IM Marathon nutrition plan? Mine is obviously not working.
I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.