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Running Doc: Why I don't recommend overuse of Gu and gels
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11-3-2009 11:05 PM
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What do you think?</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://runningdoctor.runnersworld.com/2008/09/fueling-on-the.html">If you were at a barbeque on the weekend and on the buffet was barbequed chicken, salad, and lots of other "real" food, or an iced bowl of gel or Gu packets, which would you eat? Of course you would go for the real food. I absolutely prefer, without a doubt, smart food choices during your training and on race day</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://runningdoctor.runnersworld.com/2008/09/fueling-on-the.html"><P>You should be drinking a sports drink and <A href="http://runningdoctor.runnersworld.com/2008/07/do-the-salt-fol.html">doing the salt</A> in training as a prep for race day, as I've said in previous blogs.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://runningdoctor.runnersworld.com/2008/09/fueling-on-the.html">Overuse of gels and Gu, I have found, makes my runners and walkers not feel as well</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://runningdoctor.runnersworld.com/2008/09/fueling-on-the.html">Science has shown us that if you have a sugar load once, at "the wall" (about mile 17 on the marathon</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://runningdoctor.runnersworld.com/2008/09/fueling-on-the.html">you'll increase your sugar enough to finish feeling strong. Try this in your training and see how you feel.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://runningdoctor.runnersworld.com/2008/09/fueling-on-the.html">You have the glycogen on board already for fuel and only need one boost to prevent bonking</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/35D1D1B4-4636-468D-83EB-70BF7AA91258/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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