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Thanks for the comments. I also try and get by with as few Gu's as possible. However, my approach is not scientifically based. I don't know the exact needs of my body during a LR (never been tested). I sort of go by trial and error and what the experts say is "best practice". I do know I'm a 'sweater' (not the clothing type) ...get that from my mom's side ...so I'm very conscious of trying to take in plenty of liquids.

The interesting thing was that one of our local running 'gurus' (owns a store; lots of experience; coaches runners) told me he took 6 GU's during his recent BQ marathon. I was really surprised he took so many. Same with Lance. That's why I'm questioning my own use of GU's.

I'm going to try Gu with water over the next two weeks and see how it goes. Will let you know.
PJ

What I'm trying to say -- sorry, I'm muddling here -- is minimal Gu's during training and one every 1/2 hr or so during marathon.  mc taught me this one.  It worked for him!

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Originally posted by Sans Souci:

I've become a Garmin 201 extension strap hoarder.

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What's the deal with the strap extender?  Do you wear it on your upper arm?  That's the only thing I can think of.  Is it more comfortable on the upper arm or better at not dropping the satelite link?  Mine stinks when running in my town.  It seems to drop the satelite link too frequently.  Ooops, your near a tree, GPS signal lost . . .

Hi Boomers!  I let the tm coach me again, set the hr to 60% for 1 hour, did some upper body stuff.

Went to the dentist...dead tooth had to be drilled out. It was a bad one. I have all these devices in my mouth the doctor drilling for oil, blood squirting out all over the place, the doctor is also calmly explaining what he is doing along with various trivia, hollering to his assistant, we have a hot one! More shots, the radio playing in the background etc. all I could think about was BAB's thread where it went towards colonescomies, my reply was that "I was going to the dentist and that I would prefer that my teeth be examined from the front", I started laughing and the dentist had to stop while I got it back together, my thought went to "God I think I am getting a colonescomy thru my molar! This sucks!"

Will be doing my PTA run tonight, gonna be hard to control that one, but I will give it a good try. Good Runs All, Larry

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Goofy stupid rain today so 4 miles on TM.

Larry, you had me spitting my water out with your trip to the dentist...especially since I sit here with a tooth issue and they want me to wait until next Wednesday to get in.

I think I may lie and tell them I am in agony, not just considerable discomfort. !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/frown.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/frown.gif|border=0!

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Patty

I wimped on the run and did 50 min's stairmill instead.

Barb aka slacker

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Originally posted by Sans Souci:

What I'm trying to say -- sorry, I'm muddling here -- is minimal Gu's during training and one every 1/2 hr or so during marathon. mc taught me this one. It worked for him!

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Doesn't this approach violate the "don't do anything new on race day" philosophy? I'd worry I'm setting myself up for some unpleasant surprise.

On the other hand, I generally use minimal gels and have wondered ifespecially at my pokey paceI might benefit from more in races. 

On the other hand, every 1/2 hour?!  Senven gels for a 3:30   

On the other hand, you can't argue with success.

(Hey, where'd that third hand come from?)