5 days to go | gentle run

Hi all,

This sunday I will finally have my trail marathon at the Dutch Coastline. Yesterday the official route was announced and the map was published! The terrain in largely unpaved (85%) and most of the run will be on the sandy beach. Very curious how that is going to be!

This week my focus is on race preparation. For me this means I will make sure I have everything set before the weekend so the night before - which I always seem to sleep very poorly - I have one thing less to stress about ;)

Things to consider - clothing (before, during, after), food, music, first aid kit, blister set, transportation

The weather forecast is also giving me a puzzle - feeling temperature of -3C with sun and wind. (Wearing gloves? Wearing sunglases? 2 or 3 layers? Enough to think about =D)

For now my food schedule is just a copy paste from last october - as I also brought my own drinks with me.

My race day food intake strategy:

Km 2 - small sip of water (with sis hydro lemon + electrolyte)
Km 4 - energy gel (sis go isotonic energy)
Km 6 - small sip …
Km 8 - energy gel …
Repeat until finish (10 energy gels + 2 extra | 1 liter water with 4 hydro tabs)

For now I started slowly with stacking carbs, eating a big pasta salad above my regular intake spread over the day (now with extra protein, later in the week less protein, more carbs).

Today’s run:
This morning I had an easy run with a friend that asked for some help to increase his distance. We set the goal at 15km and found a pace that he could keep his energy levels high!

We took +/- 6km unpaved roads, 2km Grass and 7 km paved roads. While I normally run by myself it was great fun to run & chat and helping a friend reach his goal!

Happy running!

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