Along the way I have sips of water as well. My goal is to take in 40-60g of carbs every hour so to get to that, I take a Maurten gel every 45 minutes and sips of Tailwind every mile. After lots of trial and error during my runs (and reading the New Rules of Marathon and Half Marathon Nutrition by Matt Fitzgerald), I came up with the perfect combo for me. One thing I really focused on this entire training cycle was nutrition.

So my main focus was to trust my training and finish the race strong. As well as the TC Marathon course is super hilly compared to the flatter course at Grandma's, so I knew the PR was going to be tricky to get to. My other two goals were a little loftier - Goal B was to beat my PR of 4:26 (set at Grandma's Marathon back in 2014) and Goal A was to get sub-4.Īll during training I was training closer to the 11-12 minute mile mark for my easy runs, so I knew these time goals were going to be tricky. The biggest one was having a fun race, and finishing strong. I had a few race goals going into this race. Want to see my training recaps? Here's recaps from Month 1, Month 2, and Month 3! Table of Contents This past weekend was the Twin Cities Marathon and the big race I've been working towards. It's hard to believe that after 4 months of training, the big weekend has come and gone.

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