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Long Run Fuelling

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StuH
Isn't the maximum your body can absorb 60g carbs per hour, which from gels would be about 150 calories?
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9:27pm, 8 Sep 2019
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Northern Exile
You can push that a bit if you combine carb sources like maltodextrin and fructose
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9:30pm, 8 Sep 2019
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StuH
My mid-marathon fuelling strategy today. :-)
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9:42pm, 8 Sep 2019
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Northern Exile
Now we're talking 🙂
Sep 2019
9:47pm, 8 Sep 2019
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NDWDave
Relentless forward progress by Bryon Powell quotes 250-400 calories per hour. I’ve tended to go a bit lower than that range

I guess it depends how hard you are pushing it. Cooler conditions with slower pace, I can get more in.

Also you burn fat while running so you certainly don’t need to get anywhere near the calories burnt total
Sep 2019
9:50pm, 8 Sep 2019
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NDWDave
And then there is Pete Kostelnic...

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10:28pm, 8 Sep 2019
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Velociraptor
Tickled by the 13,000 calories a day washed down with Diet Coke pint
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FenlandRunner
"Also you burn fat while running so you certainly don’t need to get anywhere near the calories burnt total"

That's my take on the situation. As long as you have a steady supply of carbs (little and often), the body has sufficient fat to tap into for hundreds of miles.
Sep 2019
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NDWDave
200 calories is 330ml of coke plus 3 Percy pigs.

I think it is easy to grab a lot more than 300 calories in one go particularly when smashing down cups of coke. Not necessarily a good plan
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geordiegirl
I couldn’t eat 200-400 per hour anyway and I’m very slow haha. Beer calories are the best!

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