- How to properly fuel over the marathon distance
- What kind of electrolyte drink works best in my tummy?
- How and when to use an ice bath
- How do I run slower on long runs (and be okay with it)?
- How to do speed work without getting hurt
- What is the best combo of physio, chiro and massage to feel good?
- How much water to bring along on those long long runs coming up
- How best to carry all of that water
- How to go to bed earlier
- Will my phone battery last the entire length of the race?
- Who are all of the new Disney characters (I'm only familiar up to The Lion King!)
- What is a salt pill and do I need one?
- How to make sure I'm eating the right stuff day-to-day
- How to eat gels without wanting to barf
- Do I want to wear some kind of costume for the half or full?
- Do I really wanna stop for pictures with every character along the way? (I'm already going to be so slow!)
- Must improve my core strength!
- How much rest do I need after the half and before the full?
- How do I refuel properly after the half?
- How the hell to run a half marathon and then a full marathon the day after without dying!
And that's just the start... Anything I'm missing? What were the biggest things you needed to learn when training for your first full marathon?
In other news, did you see that my amazing friend Cori (readwriterunmom.com) is featured as the latest Follow this Mother at anothermotherrunner.com? Way to go Cori!
Thanks for the shout out :) I was so excited when they contacted me for the profile. Now that it is up there, it all feels really surreal.
ReplyDeleteI can totally forward you the emails from my nutritionist friend about long run fueling. She's given some good tips that I think really helped last week on the back to backs
I went for a while where gels really bothered me...and chomps caught in my chest and made me cramp. I fueled for my marathon on fig newtons, but then was able to switch back to gels again this spring without issue. Maybe you just need a better gel flavour.
As for water carrier - I LOVE my iFitness hydration belt. Love love love. Jenny ended up buying on in Van as well and she loves it too. The pouch fits a smartphone - there are elastic loops for gels and the bottles sit in the front. It's adjustable and covers a mum-tum perfectly :P
I'm trying to decide on what to do for the half and full too. I'm thinking sparkle...making it a helluva sparkly weekend :P
I don't like to eat gels either, but somewhere along the line I saw a suggestion on the Honey Stinger Gels to put them into water. So I mix on or two gels (depending on what I think I'll need) into my small water bottle. I use an amphipod race belt to which I added two bottles and an extra pouch (I am the queen of over-prepare), so I've got 4 bottles. For my marathon I filed one bottle with plain water and the other 3 with the honey water, and then actually made more along the course because it was hot and I'm slow, but you might not need to do that. I don't know if other types of gels can be mixed into water and be appetizing, but the stinger honey gels are easy on the tummy and taste good in water.
ReplyDeleteI also took the stinger gummies along with me and ate some of those.
I've also read that you shouldn't do an ice bath too soon after your race, as it will delay recovery. Have your chocolate milk or other recovery drink asap after your race, and have your ice bath before bed.
You shouldn't need salt pills unless it's going to be really hot.
Good luck!
For the phone what type is it? Mine lasted 8 hours while running with it (iPhone). The trick is to turn off the phone portion of it which uses up the most battery. You can turn it back on if you need to call someone.
ReplyDeleteIt's a Blackberry, but oh my gosh, that is such a perfect solution to the battery problem. I never thought of that - thanks!
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