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Some of this stuff will be trial and error. I use to have to wait 2 full hours to run if I drank or ate anything, now I can drink right before I go out the door. Drink a lot of water throughout the day and during a run I take smaller sips if I drink at all.

Eating- What works best for you but don't eat a lot prior to a big run or a race. The saying goes if you do a lot of carbo loading the day before you are going to do a lot of unloading the day of the race...I do carbs, breads, rice, fruit, stuff like that but what ever gives you energy.

As far as feeling great some days and bad the others, that happens too all of us you just have to mentally fight through it.

Yeah, it was 88 in Chicago that year too. First half was in the shade of the buildings and felt like about 65-70. Right at the 13.1 mark you went out into the burbs, down to us cellular and then back up. I had blisters on my shoulders from the burn (i was running for charity and wasnt used to running in a tank)

Side note - anyone else run the Chase Corporate Clusterfuck Challenge in Chicago yesterday? If so, next time, please get in the correct color group instead of going out with the sub 8 minute-ers and then walking right in front of us :) It was fun, but made me feel like I was playing frogger trying to dodge people.

I love it when it's already 75 degrees by 8am. Going to be even better when I'm supposed to run 9 on Sunday and it's gioing to be even hotter. Then I'm supposed to go to DEMF where it will be 90 degrees out and I'll be drinking beer. Going to be rough.

I prefer the 30's and 40's at 5:30am....

Same.

Most mornings I just get up, walk the dog, and then go run without eating or drinking anything. I'll sip a little water from drinking fountains on longer runs if it's hot, but I have no issues doing 5-6 miles with no water on an empty stomach.

Mind you, I'm usually starving when I get home and raid the fridge before I even cool down.

If I'm going to be out running for longer than an hour, I will eat something small 15-20 minutes before heading out. Maybe take a gel along and hit it halfway through the run or something.

Whats the best watch to use for running? Nike + GPS? Garmin Forerunner?

Thank you for the info....u know that has a lot of your personal stuff on there, right?

...In case you wanted to take it down from here.

Yes, this app is great! I have a phone holder that works great. I usually just play music or stream pandora and then turn on this app to track my miles/time. Have you set up challenges with friends/family? The challenges are awesome as they really motivate you to work out more/longer.

In my circle of friends/family we have a monthly contest for most miles: overall, cycling, running, and walking.

On a side note, I picked up some Nike hyper cool shirts at the outlet and they are awesome. I will defiantly be getting another couple.

I have a Garmin Forerunner 305.
It works pretty well and does more than I need. It's a little buggy with uploading sometimes.

I like that it has a heart rate monitor, and that I can set it up to track different splits if I want. Plus it has a biking mode which is nice.

First marathon is next Saturday. Did 13.1 last Saturday in 1:49 (in my taper). Skipped a run today for yoga. Hoping for a 4 hour time.

Funny how much better my runs have been when I hydrate properly. Question for the group- do any of you carry your own Gatorade during a marathon? I know that there are aid stations every couple of miles, but I've found my belt (holding 3 8.5 oz bottles) very convenient.

Looks like you run in my old hood.

how was the run? tons of hills? rain?