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nonstoppete wrote:I'm currently training for my 5th marathon in 3 years. Over the winter I used the Maffetone method and ran about 5 hours per week. 3 one hour sessions and 1 two hour session for 4 months using my Maffetone HR of 132. I waited to jump into my marathon plan until the long run was 12 miles (about what I ran every Saturday all winter). During the base building I raced one Half Marathon and one 10K both hitting PR's.
vgpedlr wrote:Saturday I raced an off road triathlon for 3 hrs. I had a couple of sweet potatoes for breakfast, two Hammer gels during, and a little Gatorade at the finish. Then I had a bowl of mixed berries while I cooked an Asian noodle dish in my bus. Fueling isn't really complicated, but people make it seem so.
I wasn't fast, but I had a great day.
nonstoppete wrote:Sounds like a great day!
I experimented with some energy bars I made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCAPoOGpYLo
Rice/Sweet Potato/Oatmeal/Flax/Chia seeds. They ended up being about 50 calories each so I eat two or three an hour depending on how I feel.
I think I'll go back to hammer gels because they are easy to carry and easy on the digestion.
vgpedlr wrote:I've posted on this before, but I tested it out in two races.
People are way too concerned about pre/post exercise fueling and taking in calories while exercising.
Spiral wrote: I kept my heart rate at about 155 beats per minute during most of the race.
Skip wrote:Spiral wrote: I kept my heart rate at about 155 beats per minute during most of the race.
I'm curious, what was your heart rate when training with Maffetone for your races, about 140 - 145 bpm?
Vegpdlr says that he trains at 140-145 and races around 160. I've been training at about 125 bpm for running (I'm older than you guys, 65) and 115 bpm for swimming, so I should race (running race) around 135? If I'm going to race at 135, shouldn't I be doing at least 20% of my training (Fitzgeralds 80/20 thing) in the 135 range to teach my body what it feels like?
Side note, my resting heart rate is very low, below 40 bpm (36 bpm is the lowest I've seen)....
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