My wife and I ran an event on Dec 31. Not very well trained, so we did a 6 min run/1 min walk strategy. Started the day with bacon and eggs for breakfast, to get the fats rolling!
We started running at 8 am, temp about 35 degrees. Rolling, fairly easy course on single track and rail trail. During the run all we had was salt tabs every hour, and one Epic bison/bacon/cranberry bar at 13 miles. We use these bars in training, and they seem to give us a boost.
We ever got hungry, never hit the “wall”, kept heart rate pretty low, 120-130 pbm (I am 60 yrs old).
Neither of us had any soreness in the days following the race. We ran for about 5 hrs 40 mins. Not trying to beat anybody, although other runners took over 7 hrs.
It was my 73rd marathon or longer, my wife’s fifth.
We’re all smiles about doing it without carb feeding. This is the new normal for us.
Should have measured ketones at the end, surely they were flowing.
