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Location:

St. George,UT,U.S.A

Member Since:

Apr 02, 2005

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

97th at Boston

1:09:40 Half Marathon

2:25:50 Marathon

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get healthy enough to enjoy a run again.

Long-Term Running Goals:

To be able to do it... long term. 

Personal:

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the Gift" -Steve Prefontaine

Live your life. Take chances. Be crazy. Don't wait. Because right now is the oldest you've ever been and the youngest you'll be... ever again.

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Total Distance
2.50

2.5 easy miles with my wife Mik’L. Legs feeling stiff after sitting from an extended time, but after stretching they feel pretty good.

I decided to write down my food intake and training stuff the last couple days before the marathon because I had absolutely no problems with my stomach or going potty during the race. In fact I didn’t have to go #2 from the time at the starting line porta potty until sometime Sunday afternoon.

Anyways I’ll find this info useful before my next race and maybe others might benefit from it as well.

Thursday Afternoon

Ran with the club 5.5 miles with one mile at 5.20 pace at 7p.m.

Came home and ate:

1 can salmon (like a can of tuna, but salmon)

½ an avocado

1 bowl of noodles (from Costco or Albertsons) like ramen noodles but in its own bowl

1 mixed 16oz cup of Cytomax from powder

1 banana

In bed by 9:30 p.m. and watched TV until 10:20 then tried to sleep

Friday

3 mile run @ 9 a.m.

Ate:

Bowl of Honey nut Cheerios

1 banana

1 mixed drink of Cytomax

Got ready and went to Marathon Expo at Noon

Drank a 32 oz bottle of Cytomax during the day while out and about

Went to lunch at 2 p.m. at Samaria 21

Ate:

Chicken Teriyaki Bowl (chicken and noodles)

A little tofu soup and some salad

2 ½ sushi (California roll style)

Bowl of white rice

Water with lemon

We messed around town and went home at 5 p.m.

Hot Bath

Prep for run (all my stuff together)

Ate: @ 7 p.m.

1 Bowl of noodles (not the whole thing)

1 apple

Drank water

Watched “Without limits”

In bed by 9 p.m.

Day of the race

Up at 4 a.m. sharp

2 pieces of wheat toast with very little butter

1 banana

½ a vanilla power bar

1 mixed cup of cytomax from powder

Trip to toilet at home

Shower and shave * I like to feel fresh for a race

Get everything ready and out of the house by 4:45 to meet people at rec center by 5 a.m.

Ride up in van with some of the Japanese delegates

Ate on ride up:

1 more banana

Other half of power bar

Sipped on more cytomax

At starting line by around 6 a.m.

Stretched, talked with others, porta potty 2 times before the race. One trip because I had to go and one trip about 15 min to start just to make sure we were clear for take off.

Strip off warm cloths and we are off

While running I had bottles mixed with Endurance fuel (GNC product) and plain flavored GU’s at mile markers 11 and 19.

That’s about it. I’ll definitely follow something like this in the future and would have paid a good price for something like this in the past. If you have any other questions about this just ask.

Comments
From Dustin Ence on Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 10:29:15

Hey Clyde,

I like the detail about your race preparation and diet the days and hours leading up to the marathon. Nice to see what works for other runners. I'm not feeling as sore today and will probably go out for a few miles tonight, we take off for California tomorrow. If you get a chance email me any of the pictures of the race demchsxc@yahoo.com

From steve on Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 10:36:50

Clyde,

Once again, fantastic performance on Sat. Your hard work and attention to detail payed off.

I like your idea about mixing the Gu and the endurance drink. Did the Gu dissolve OK?

From Sasha Pachev on Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 10:46:43

Lucky man - I had two trips #2 just this morning before my run, and then 2 more during the run. And this is normal - all solid, no diarhia, no feeling bad. That's what happens to me when I run at 5:00 am.

From Dave Holt on Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 11:49:52

same info as reply on my blog ...

Our email got all jacked up here at school, so tell her to email again so I have her address.

Region is Wednesday at (varsity) 5 and 5:30 at Hurricane Middle School.

From Andy on Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 12:39:35

Thanks for posting this. I've had to take bathroom breaks the last 2 marathons costing me almost 1 minute in each. I think my problem is eating too much the night before (looks like your Friday night meal was pretty small). I did set PR's in both so maybe the extra rest helped. Maybe I should employ the "Gallow-pooping" method in all my races.

From Superfly on Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 12:43:38

Steve- I didn't mix the GU and drink. I had it rubber banded to the bottle. Took it and then drank as I ran.

Andy- I tryed to eat a pretty good size meal early in the day on Friday (at lunch) then at night just enough to top me off. I really think this helped. The apple the night before made sure I was going to go early Saturday morning and get everything that needed to be out- out.

From Bill on Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 22:43:37

Clyde, all your hard work is paying off. you had a big payday. I usually get about 35 cents a mile. way to go my friend. you got jose by 2 seconds.

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