Performance nutrition experts recommend stopping at all the hydration stations for a quick fill - up of a sports drink to replenish the glycogen that's being
burned during a marathon.
Not exact matches
for instance, on a day where I run 5 miles, I will
burn around 3300 calories and that of course increases with long runs
during half
marathon training.....
One of the reasons people hit the wall
during the
marathon is that in order to maintain that high level of athletic activity they need to go into ketosis, but they don't have enough mitochondria to
burn ketones at that high a level.
For example, the reason that just about everyone hits the wall
during a
marathon is because just about everyone runs at a far higher consumption of energy than their fat -
burning engine can produce — which is why they must rely on relatively small sugar stores for fuel, which is why they run out of energy at mile 17, and start losing power at mile 10.
I loved my Apple II when I was a kid — even though I
burned out the motherboard
during a 14 - hour Bard's Tale
marathon.