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Gels and food-- What can we expect at food stops ?

  • 22-07-2009 7:26pm
    #1
    scottreynolds
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    Okay, so I'm a newbie runner training for my first marathon. I hate gels but I need to eat them on my long runs as I can't stomach much else. I'm trying to find out what races have what gels so I can get used to the different options before race day. I only doing the Dublin Marathon at the moment but I wanted to make this thread a but more useful.

    So, What can we expect at food stops ?


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  • #2
    RacoonQueen
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    Most marathons will only have water, energy drink and energy gels(if you're lucky). You'll often have randomers handing out bits of fruit, jellies and lollipops though.


  • #3
    Sub430
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    For the DCM according to this, there will be energise sport drinks at miles 9,12,15 and 18 while there will be High 5 Gels at miles 15 and 18.

    Did they have these last year, did they run out of gels or were the stations well stocked?


  • #4
    RacoonQueen
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    They are very well stocked with gels. They'd happily shove 5 of them into your hand.

    Mile 9 is a rotten place to hand out energise though, they hand that out just before the hill on St. Laurences Road which was a disaster for me last year, although it wasn't a problem the year before, but my stomach was in bits climbing that hill after just a couple of sips of energy drink.


  • #5
    jlang
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    "Food" and "stop". Spot the cyclist! :)


  • #6
    Peckham
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    Many people also position friends/relatives at agreed points around the course to give them gels/drinks/whatever.

    Also worth noting that the Energise drinks provided in the race are provided in cups (a skill in itself to drink from a plastic cup whilst running), but water provided in bottles. However, on typing that I think they may have handed out Energise bottles at one water station.


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  • #7
    scottreynolds
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    jlang wrote: »
    "Food" and "stop". Spot the cyclist! :)

    Oh, what's the correct parlance? Water station. Personally I'd enjoy a compulsory cake stop at 13 miles perhaps with coffee


  • #8
    aero2k
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    scottreynolds wrote: »
    Oh, what's the correct parlance? Water station. Personally I'd enjoy a compulsory cake stop at 13 miles perhaps with coffee
    Dean Karnazes has been known to have a slice of pizza during a marathon!


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