So one of the things that I did differently this time around had to do with my hydration. I would usually drink a lot of gatorade or water leading up to the race. In my previous three marathons, I would get pretty bad muscle cramps around mile 21 or 22 and have to push myself even harder through the finish line. A couple marathons, I even had to walk a little.
This time, I knew sodium was going to be key. When I went to the expo, I saw these little nuun tablets:
The guy selling them said they have a lot more sodium that regular gatorade and only have 8 calories and little to no sugar. So, trying these made sense. Since I was in the tapering phase I needed to make sure I didn't gain weight. Plus, Gatorade wasn't needed because my body would have used all of that sugar way before the race.I started taking these 3 days before the race in all of my normal water drinks. Then I took a 20 oz bottle of water to the marathon and used Nuun as my pre-race hydration.
During the race, I experienced none of the muscle cramping that had previously happened to me. I am not sure if it was these Nuun tablets, or the additional GUs that I took that helped with this. All I know is that everything that I did seemed to work. So I have to give credit where credit is due.
Plus, overall, the Nuun tabs make boring water taste a little better.
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