This is currently my favorite pic - it reminds me to embrace my pace and anything else I fucking well please!
And I think I’ve found my nutrition plan. Last Sunday’s long run was the first long run that I have felt strong for in absolute ages. And here is my magic formula:
As always - coffee first! Then I take a sachet of 32gi Boom dissolved in half a cup of water. If I had the patience to juice beetroots I think it would do the same thing but, hey, life is short. Boom contains beet extract which provides nitric oxide which helps circulation and the movement of oxygen to muscles, just what I need. Then I have half a 32gi Race Pro gel every 30 minutes with water. I also pop a Hydrate fizzy into a soft flask to sip on now and then.
My stomach felt fine - no farting like a race horse! And I could have gone further than the prescribed 13km. The trick though is to keep practicing and refining one’s nutrition. And not to worry about the extra sugar/carbs - we’re not out here to be super models, we’re out here to be strong runners.
I am still Jeffing - 15 second run, 30 second walk, repeat ad infinitum. It works for me even though I know that it would cause a great deal of panty-flapping amongst the purists! I do have to be a bit faster for the marathon next year, but if it doesn’t happen, it doesn’t happen. My pace is perfect for an ultra and I have secret hopes and dreams which I will not divulge to my Old Goat just yet - his brain may explode!
So, onwards and upwards oh fabulous chameleon!