So I wanted to work on my nutrition plan since I really need to figure this out. I know in San Diego I had an Ensure Active at the aidstation around mile 19 and then 2 more near when we looped back to the aid station around mile 81. They had 250 calories and tasted fantastic! I planned on trying them today but when i went to buy them last night the store was closed. I didn't wanna wait until 9am since I wanted to get a head started so i brought typical electrolytes and mandrin oranges and then bananas and orange slices.
I ran the first 8 miles alone then ran with Mack and the cross country team for another 7 miles before running into Rebecca and her friend where i ran about another 8 miles with her. I had a banana just after an hour, then a pack of shot blocks with 200 calories after running with mack and then an apple cinammon gel of boom after running with Rebecca which was a little over 3 hours. 400 calories in 3 hours wasn't bad with a couple packs of mandrin oranges before I began totals about 550 calories in 3 hours. Then, I went on to run back to my car for more where I had 3 packs of mandrins, and an full orange.
Then, i ran to the store and bought 8 ensure actives, drank one and carried the other 7 back, they were 8 oz each so that was 3 1/2 pounds for 3 miles back. When i got back to the car i was right around mile 28.5 and not feeling well at all. I had about 1050 calories and had run almost 4 1/2 hours. Next i took one with me and had trouble breaking 10 min pace so i took it easy. After about 2 miles, I sat down on a bench overlooking Lake Cohasset. I took off my waist bag and drank my ensure that I brought with me. I was almost at mile 30. I wasn't sure what to do as I felt so terrible and was still feeling sick.
Luckily, I saw a lady running towards me so i put my pouch on and ran behind her when she passed me. Her name is Stephanie and she lives in Colorado. She just runs for fun about 30 miles a week and hasn't run a marathon in over 10 years. It was nice running with someone but when we got to her car around mile 33 I was alone again. I ran back towards my car and after about a half mile i began walking since i felt sick and legs were hurting. I was trying to decide if I should walk to the car and call it a day or what. I didn't know if it was because I was bored out there by myself since I felt better right when I began running with Stephanie.
I mostly walked back to my car getting back at mile 35. I have been wondering why I can feel so good with taking no calories or just one gel during a 3:00, 3:05, 3:10 or 3:15 marathon but when i run much more than 4 hours i start feeling pretty terrible. Maybe i loose too much salt? I never take salt tablets during long runs. Maybe i should've had ensures earlier? I want to keep trying things until I find something that works.
I just now read the labels for sodium and the gel had 50mg, the mandrin oranges contain 5mg, and the ensure actives have 240mg. I know that I was sweating like crazy this morning even at an easy pace. I took the monkey trails rather hard but still it's hard to say. I can run the monkey trail marathon and not feel like this and it takes 7-9 hours depending on the conditions. I want to try more salt next time and yes there will be a next time :) I'd like to keep trying until I find something that works.
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