Not exact matches
In addition, although individual differences in race day diet did not strongly influence the
marathon performances of recreational athletes, the amount of carbohydrate ingested
during the day before race - day was identified as a significant and independent predictor of running
speed.
Another study (3) investigated marathoners and found that
during the 12 weeks leading up to the Olympic
marathon trials, these athletes ran 78 % of their training at below
marathon speed, only 4 % at
marathon race
speed, and 18 % above threshold.
I was scheduled to run The Oregon
Marathon 2 weeks into the summer term and so I was still fitting in short
speed workouts
during week 1 of school and a few workouts
during week 2 as well.With only 7 weeks of training after 2 months off from running due to a glass - puncture in my foot, I still managed to run a 3:01 best time at that
marathon on July 16th and secured a second Boston Qualifying time.
Problem is I am running a half
marathon this weekend and would like to race faster and I am sure I will be entering anaerobic hr levels
during the race and I am not sure how to fuel my body for the faster
speed.
Essentially, if you need to fuel
during a run, it means that you are running, say, a half -
marathon at what should be your 10 - K
speed (or whatever).