Decided to run on and off road today, so I ran the six miles to Ecclefechan and then off road round the Brown moor until I'd clocked up fourteen miles and then ran home. I say ran but this was by far the hardest training run so far and running the wall seems damn near impossible.
Maybe once the light nights come and I can get more mileage in things will come good, don't get me wrong I think the gym work is helping my fitness/core but it's more out of convenience and I think I would benifit from more running.
Maybe I need to man up and just get on with it.
Hi Neil. Was speaking with Annette McClement the other day and she pointed me towards your blog. First up, hats off to you for taking on the wall. Hell of a challenge that. She said you were after some advice on nutrition. I don't know if I can give you scientifically proven advice but I can share what gets me round. And if I can pick up any tips along the way I'll be well happy. I'm ten weeks into my programme for ironman uk so starting to turn the screw in terms of intensity and duration myself.
ReplyDeleteThat's great, any help greatly received. At the minute I'm experimenting with food I can take whilst actually running, jellybabies,flapjack gells ect. Just for ease the tells are leading the way but the flapjack seems to be good to keep me going.
ReplyDeleteIts blowing a gale here and been raining all morning but i'm gonna have to get out there so thanks for commenting and good luck with you're training!
I don't know if you ever get down to west cumbria, but I would highly recommend a visit to key2sports in Workington. Gary and Gareth in there are a gold mine of nutrition advice. I've been In this week and had the error of my ways pointed out. I was looking towards a purely protein based supplement plan, but I'm told this won't sustain an endurance training programme or event. Need to include probiotics and vitamin complex as well as other bits. They have a Facebook page and website if you can't make it down a look. As for the gels, top tip from experience, use the same gels for race days as you train with, if you're body isn't used to them it can react with your stomach. Race day portalos aren't the nicest place to be spending time!
ReplyDeleteThat's spot on, I will have a look on the Facebook, think I have settled on the High5 gells as there not as gooey as the others I've tried. I bumped into Gaynor Prior at work and tapped her up for some advice,she said flapjack for long runs and oddly salt and vinnager crisps towards the end of a run to replace lost salts!
ReplyDeleteI also asked about socks/blisters, she said any cheap socks will do but to use vasaline to stop the blisters. She also said that if 20 miles is my big training run I should try and run 10 miles the day after and that will help my endurance.
Might give that a bash this weekend.