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Marathon hydration advice
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Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:46:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Wilt Alston <rock.maratho...@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Minimalist Runner:123961] Marathon hydration advice
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I actually wrote quite a bit--maybe too much--about it on DailyMile.
Here are my splits, which seemed really even, shockingly:
http://www.dailymile.com/people/Wiltster/entries/15414811
...here's the link to my write-up, just in case you're *really* desperate
to know more: http://www.dailymile.com/people/Wiltster/entries/15387345
On Thursday, October 11, 2012 2:15:56 PM UTC-4, JohnK wrote:
>
> On Oct 11, 2012, at 2:04 PM, Tuck wrote:
>
> > That's encouraging!
>
> It certainly is! Thanks Wilt :)
>
> JohnK
>
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Wilt Alston <rock.ma...@gmail.com<javascript:>>
> wrote:
> > I ran a 3:49 in Buffalo, running damned close to MAF pace most of the
> time. (For reference, I'm 53, and have one BQ and a 3:19 under my belt,
> but almost quit running marathons after a really crappy performance in
> 2010, which I now attribute to too little aerobic training.)
> >
> > ...as for how it felt, pleasant does not begin to describe it; it was
> actually "fun" which is a word I previously thought could not be applied to
> marathons.
> >
> >
> > On Thursday, October 11, 2012 1:29:59 PM UTC-4, JohnK wrote:
> > "Trying for a BQ?"
> >
> > I don't think so. Trying to see if MAF-only, minimally-shod-only
> training since last November, and moderating my carbs, doing fasted runs
> and so on makes a ~3:50 marathon both do-able but also relatively pleasant.
> >
> > I would have qualified for Boston in the first two marathons I ran, but
> those were almost 20 years ago now... And they hurt -- in several ways, but
> mostly, it seems, because of my marshmallow shoes and broken gait as a
> result of those shoes.
> >
> > I don't rule out going faster than 3:50, but I also don't rule out going
> slower :)
> >
> > I'm looking at it as a training run. Either for trying to go faster in
> another marathon, or longer (ultra).
> >
> > JohnK
> >
> > On Oct 11, 2012, at 12:57 PM, Tuck wrote:
> >
> > > Trying for a BQ?
> > >
> > > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 11:15 AM, John Kemp <jo...@jkemp.net> wrote:
> > > I'm running the Hartford marathon this weekend. On their website, they
> give this advice about hydration:
> http://www.hartfordmarathon.com/Assets/Training+Program/ProperHydrationForDistanceRunning.pdf
> > >
> > > Pretty balanced - much better than I was expecting, and mostly: "drink
> to thirst" - I note that Noakes is referenced in the document too...
> > >
> > > JohnK
> > >
> > > --
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> Ted
> > >
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> > > Tucker
> > >
> > >
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> Ted
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> > Tucker
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I actually wrote quite a bit--maybe too much--about it on DailyMile. <div><br></div><div>Here are my splits, which seemed really even, shockingly: <a href="http://www.dailymile.com/people/Wiltster/entries/15414811">http://www.dailymile.com/people/Wiltster/entries/15414811</a><div><br></div><div>...here's the link to my write-up, just in case you're *really* desperate to know more: <a href="http://www.dailymile.com/people/Wiltster/entries/15387345">http://www.dailymile.com/people/Wiltster/entries/15387345</a></div><div><br><br>On Thursday, October 11, 2012 2:15:56 PM UTC-4, JohnK wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;">On Oct 11, 2012, at 2:04 PM, Tuck wrote:
<br>
<br>> That's encouraging!
<br>
<br>It certainly is! Thanks Wilt :)
<br>
<br>JohnK
<br>
<br>>
<br>> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Wilt Alston <<a href="javascript:" target="_blank" gdf-obfuscated-mailto="HIkQXbhIEnQJ">rock.ma...@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
<br>> I ran a 3:49 in Buffalo, running damned close to MAF pace most of the time. (For reference, I'm 53, and have one BQ and a 3:19 under my belt, but almost quit running marathons after a really crappy performance in 2010, which I now attribute to too little aerobic training.)
<br>>
<br>> ...as for how it felt, pleasant does not begin to describe it; it was actually "fun" which is a word I previously thought could not be applied to marathons.
<br>>
<br>>
<br>> On Thursday, October 11, 2012 1:29:59 PM UTC-4, JohnK wrote:
<br>> "Trying for a BQ?"
<br>>
<br>> I don't think so. Trying to see if MAF-only, minimally-shod-only training since last November, and moderating my carbs, doing fasted runs and so on makes a ~3:50 marathon both do-able but also relatively pleasant.
<br>>
<br>> I would have qualified for Boston in the first two marathons I ran, but those were almost 20 years ago now... And they hurt -- in several ways, but mostly, it seems, because of my marshmallow shoes and broken gait as a result of those shoes.
<br>>
<br>> I don't rule out going faster than 3:50, but I also don't rule out going slower :)
<br>>
<br>> I'm looking at it as a training run. Either for trying to go faster in another marathon, or longer (ultra).
<br>>
<br>> JohnK
<br>>
<br>> On Oct 11, 2012, at 12:57 PM, Tuck wrote:
<br>>
<br>> > Trying for a BQ?
<br>> >
<br>> > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 11:15 AM, John Kemp <<a>jo...@jkemp.net</a>> wrote:
<br>> > I'm running the Hartford marathon this weekend. On their website, they give this advice about hydration: <a href="http://www.hartfordmarathon.com/Assets/Training+Program/ProperHydrationForDistanceRunning.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hartfordmarathon.<wbr>com/Assets/Training+Program/<wbr>ProperHydrationForDistanceRunn<wbr>ing.pdf</a>
<br>> >
<br>> > Pretty balanced - much better than I was expecting, and mostly: "drink to thirst" - I note that Noakes is referenced in the document too...
<br>> >
<br>> > JohnK
<br>> >
<br>> > --
<br>> > "Minimalist Runner - Barefoot, Sandals, Shoes..." hosted by Barefoot Ted
<br>> >
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<br>> > Tucker
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<br>> Tucker
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