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Manchester Marathon 2022

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larkim Mar 2022 11:26am, 16 Mar 2022 17,354 posts	Quote Pin larkim I take one every 25 minutes or so throughout the marathon so can't rely on the sporadic gel stations. I might not need to do that, of course, but it's done me no harm in the past! I work on the basis that my stomach works best earlier on so if I want the glucose to get to the muscles topping up early and often is better than leaving it late in the day and risk the gel just sitting there un-processed in my stomach.
Mr. Grumpy Mar 2022 11:35am, 16 Mar 2022 116 posts	Quote Pin Mr. Grumpy Same here. Start taking them early, and at pre-determined times/distances.
PCleasby Mar 2022 10:54pm, 20 Mar 2022 92 posts	Quote Pin PCleasby Is it time to start checking out the race day weather 😉
UltraDunc Mar 2022 11:56pm, 20 Mar 2022 14,470 posts	Quote Pin UltraDunc It could be snow😂
larkim Mar 2022 9:41am, 21 Mar 2022 17,408 posts	Quote Pin larkim I'm banking this weather already bbc.co.uk 12degC, light cloud and gentle breeze. What could possibly go wrong.
jda Mar 2022 10:06am, 21 Mar 2022 12,211 posts	Quote Pin jda Yeah it looks like standard Mancs Mara weather to me Might prefer a touch chillier and of course the more the wind dies down the better.
jda Mar 2022 3:05pm, 27 Mar 2022 12,262 posts	Quote Pin jda Relieved to see the forecast is still for a significant cooling before next Sunday! Was a bit scorchio even at 9am for my last semi-long run.
larkim Mar 2022 5:37pm, 27 Mar 2022 17,465 posts	Quote Pin larkim Yep, I picked a long sleeve top yesterday for a 6:50am start and was sweating cobs in the full sun at 8:30. Don't want that next weekend! COVID looks to have robbed me of my supporters, indirectly, for Sunday, but if that's as close as it gets to impacting race day I'll take that. Properly looking forward to this now.
PCleasby Mar 2022 6:59pm, 27 Mar 2022 93 posts	Quote Pin PCleasby Avoiding covid seems to be everyone’s top priority this week!
jda Mar 2022 8:17pm, 27 Mar 2022 12,264 posts	Quote Pin jda Yeah that’s a good point. Maybe I should go into purdah for the week.