3 days, 3 hours and 5 minutes until the start of the NYC marathon and I'm taking Thursday and Friday off to rest up for the race. Basically running 3 miles today, get a good stretch in, eat well and hydrate!! Oh and nap!!
I've eaten really well this week and I am sitting right at 198 lbs. I haven't gained or lost weight during the tapering time. I'll be happy to be at this weight for the marathon for sure. The key this week is obviously getting the carbs needed to create an energy surplus for race day. Also want to eat enough protein but that usually isn't a problem. I've laid off of the simple sugars and haven't had any alcohol this week.
Going to the race expo at the Javitz center today pick up my race # and timing chip. Also going to check out some of the booths there are well. Going to the expo on Thursday is important as it will be relatively quiet. About 66% of the runners in the marathon are from out of town and out of country. The expo is crazy if you go Friday night or anytime on Saturday...who needs that stress.
Went to a great information session with my friends at Team Fox last night. Picked up some great additional tips. The big one was with fueling myself during the race. I was planning on taking four GU packs with me and take them about every 45 to 50 minutes...however, it was recommended to take them every 30 minutes...yikes!! I'll have to carry 7 of them for the race. I am also having people have a banana ready for me at mile 19. That's where I'll start getting hungry and the banana will do the trick.
Hydration wise, I'll drink mostly water when I get up but stop drinking anything the last 90 minutes before the race. That's so you don't have to keep going and going and going to the port-o-john before the race. About 5 minutes before the start time I'll have about 6 to 8 oz of gatorade and I should be set There's a lot of people that keep drinking tons and tons of liquids before the race and after the gun goes off, they are looking for relief.
One of the main reasons that I think I'll have a great race is that I am a lot more knowledgeable about training and nutrition for this one. I had no idea what I was doing before...and this is sure to help!!
OK, more later...I'm off today so there will be more updates coming. I'll let you know how the expo went.
thanks, tim
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