Marathon Weekend 2026

[The Expert]

SAFD and happy anniversary @camaker
I've paid some attention to fueling, but mostly regarding what I can't or shouldn't have. This training cycle I'm noticing that runs feel easier and my paces are faster, and I honestly think it's in part because of diet. We've had a weekly farm vegetable share all summer and picked up another for fall, so we've been cooking a lot and eating lean and balanced meals.

We're traveling this weekend and my diet is different, and I noticed my hour long easy run felt much harder than it should have. I also forgot to bring my fuel and didn't eat anything before I went. So food is clearly impacting my runs far more than I thought. I'm going to start logging it so I can confirm and watch for patterns.

 

[RuntheMouse]

SAFD: I’ve never met a carb I didn’t love so I’m not lacking in that department on any given day. So prerace, at Disney especially, I don’t do much different the days before other than focus on hydration and picking something yummy for dinner. I have oatmeal in the morning to top things off.

My marathon last month was the first one I made an actual attempt to carb load and holy cow was that hard! I ended up drinking a lot of juice to get relatively close to where I was shooting for.