I am training for my first ever marathon (did mainly Olympic distance tris and sprints the last couple of years) and was thinking how I should organise my nutrition. I was wondering when to start during my training sessions to experiment with getting some food (Should the training session be longer then 1 hour)?
I also hope to complete my 1st ever 1/2IM this year
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Ideally, you can practice your nutrition during your long runs. In that case, I typically try to mimic what I plan to do for the race. Less than an hour or so and I just use plain water. Good nutrition gets expensive after a while…
Personally, I have a sensative gut, so at races I use my own nutrition. In training, for long bike rides, I train with 2 x boost and 1 x doubleshot about 1 hour pre-race, water for the first hour, then bottles of 2 scoops G3 and 1 scoop of carbopro (1 bottle per hour). Races, I do exactly the same thing so there’s no surprise.
I would check with the organizers to see what nutrition they plan to have at the race and I would train using the same stuff. If it works, you will be good to do. If it doesn’t work great, find something that works and bring it to the race.
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