My LONGEST Marathon Training Run | Nutrition and what I listen to

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The other day I ran my longest training run for Paris Marathon – 32km/20 miles – along the Bristol to Bath cycle path. At times it was a real struggle but I got it done! Watch to see more about my nutrition, what I listen to on my runs and a general stream of consciousness.

Not shown in my nutrition chat: 3 scoops of Tailwind in my water (300 cals/75g carbs). Total consumed in 3h30 – 1020 cals/194g carbs.

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Hey everyone welcome back to the channel thank you so much for tuning In I am just on my way down to the Bristol train station to get the train to Bath to run all the way back to Bristol again so today it is my longest run of my marathon training program I’ve done 13 weeks out of my 16 weeks so

Far and today I’m running 32 km I’m splitting up slightly cuz obviously I’ve got to run to the train station get a 15-minute train and then run back but the majority of it 30 km will be on that cycle path on the way back and I am quite scared cuz it’s a

Long old way if I get through this I think I can get through 42k which 13 weeks ago even 10 weeks ago 6 weeks ago was not a given so yeah let’s get it Done I’ve arrived in bath and just set off along well currently the river path and then the bath to Bristol cycle path it’s a nice day for running today little bit overcast not too cold not too warm fingers crossed for a similar day in Paris although I would quite like a

Little bit more Sunshine than this I’ve never been along this lit for uh cuz quite often I do this route in the other direction and then get lost as soon as I come into B cuz I don’t really know it very well um and thank goodness I didn’t choose to do this

Tomorrow didn’t realize it’s the um bath half so all of this would have been shut it would have been a bit chaotic and I think I would have just had to get the train all the way back to Bristol again which would have been quite annoying but as it

Stands I’ve got 30.5 km to go let’s get It on today’s run I’m listening to an audio book that I’ve been meaning well I’ve been meaning to read the book for years um it’s called the salt path and I’m sure many of you would have read it or at least heard of it it’s about a couple who lose absolutely everything

And decide to walk the Southwest Coast path which of course is where I spent all of lockdown a lot of my childhood and still continue to run there regularly I absolutely love it I’m only a few chapters in at the moment it is thoroughly thoroughly depressing but so

Well written and I’m excited to hear the rest of it 5 km in I just find it amazing how quickly kilometers go by when you’re doing a really long run compared to if you’re just going out for like 5 or 6K they seem to just drag on

Forever but cuz I know I’m going to be out all morning yeah 5K feels pretty minimal and it is compared to the the hallway that I have to go um I’m going to eat my first bit of food at 40 minutes in or so I’ve got a new a new little piece of

Nutrition today um it is wrapped in plastic packaging which has of you guys know I tried to avoid but they’re be Corp and the food itself is is like a byproduct of I think the beer industry and a few other Industries so it’s food that would just go to waste anyway so

I’ll talk a bit more about that when I get to it um it’s slightly weird flavored as well I’m not sure how it’s going to go down but TBC I’m not trying for any particular Pace on this run I am trying to go by heart rate so basically

Keeping it under 155 which for me is Midway through zone two um but every time I talk to the camera it shoots up to like 170 so it makes it kind of on my heart rate graph look a little bit like intervals which definitely not cuz I’m

Just fling along but something I have found recently is that my yeah 169 it’s ridiculous is that my um my average for that middle of Zone 2 sort of heart rate is about 30 seconds per kilometer faster than it was just a few weeks ago and I

Think for me that’s not necessarily Just Fitness games but slight recovery from EBV which is really nice to see I know that the marathon itself is going to be slow because my my training Paces are considerably slower than they were last time I did a road marathon it’s not going to be quick

But actually as I said all those weeks ago if I can even get to the start line it will be a huge victory for me so that’s still the goal I’m taking my headphones out because it appears very spring like today I love it overhead we got a great

Tip over there we’ve got a buzzard soaring overhead behind me I’ve got a woodpecker in there Ren and a robin as well and I don’t know I love listening to audiobooks but I do think that I in fact I know the special benefits you get from just being in nature you know not

Distracting yourself but actually just sitting in it I realize I’m running through it but I think listening to it smelling it looking at it just basically using all your senses is is a a form of mindfulness and you know it can be really tempting to distract yourself

Especially when you’re on a really long run but and you know this isn’t this isn’t the most beautiful part of the UK or the most beautiful run of ever been on but there’s still something special about sort of paying attention to your surroundings so for now I’m going to

Keep the headphones out listen to what’s going on try and hear all the birds recently I went to an event at a reing site called heel reing just in Somerset only an hour away from where I live and they had this sort of nighttime soundscape that basically played all the noises of all

The birds and and other animals that would have been there through the years including things that are still there but it basically reminded us of all the sounds that we should be hearing in nature that are just no longer there or really heard very infrequently and um how much we need to

Protect that so yeah they’re doing a great job over there they only got the site for a year so it’s only just starting out but I’m excited to see the difference it will make anyway thought that was quite interesting and now I’m just going to listen to what’s around

Here it’s a nice little um Wildlife Corridor This [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] I just met some lovely girls doing the route the other way around got 35k to go so they doing well one of them is training for London marathon and she’s got her friend there cycling with her which is so nice to see I just made them

Take a picture of me on the tracks which are right there lovely piece of History uh so if you’re watching this good luck good luck with your training and good luck with the marathon and everyone else training as well good luck I hope it’s going well for you I

Am 12 km in not quite halfway yet still got a waste to go um but just on just keeping on plotting on and I’m about to have my second food of the run I’m surprisingly hungry today actually I don’t know why uh but yeah I’m going to

Listen to that and eat my new random I think it’s sweet potato and butternut squash flavored looks like baby food but I’m quite excited for It okay so we’re on to the knock can someone please tell me how to pronounce that it is an energy puree that is yeah sweet potatoes and butternut squash which is interesting looks like baby food maybe it is says it’s sustained energy it has a little bit of protein in

It as well I think it’s for Ultram marathons but I’m always interested in trying out new food and I’ll be doing this Marathon at about an ultramarathon pace so yeah I’ll tell you how it goes it’s not bad it’s a bit weird we I kind of expect it to be sweet like

Apple puree but it’s not kind of kind of tastes like vegetable crisps which to be fair I absolutely love and when you’re running a really long way you can sometimes get bored of really sweet things so yeah I quite like that we’ll see how it manages with the old gut but

So far so good and I love that it’s got a replaceable lid as well unlike gel’s you know obviously gels just go everywhere if you try and put them back in your bag whereas this I can have half of it and then the other half later but

I’m actually so hungry I’m going to have all of it Now made it to the first coffee stop 15.2k in and I’m getting a bler so I’m just going to sort that out now and um then be on me way [Applause] I’ve just reached the point that I turned around on during my half marathon coming from Bristol out that way uh that way the opposite way to where I’m going which means got half marathon to go which will be about right might have to do some wiggling around Bristol a little

Bit but yeah this is good this is going okay so far I’m definitely tired today but it’s not surprising I’ve done decent amount of running this week and a huge amount of other stuff um I also had do you remember I was speaking about that uh talk SL presentation that I was doing

For a charity well I did that on Thursday night it was terrifying but also really great and I’ve had had some amazing feedback from it which is so nice cuz it’s really difficult being vulnerable you know I’m so used to being pretty cheery and happy and generally positive especially on

Social media um and my talk wasn’t all of that I mean there a lot of there was a lot of positivity in there but overall it’s not a very happy story so so it was quite difficult being vulnerable and and sharing my emotions about certain things

But I think that’s important and as I said in the talk feeling the feelings that you have I think is an important step to uh moving past them and for me moving on to what was next which is Paris Marathon which is the next step in

My story um but yeah anyway it went really well so thank you if you were there for all of your support another day another worm rescue there we go just under half a marathan in and I’ve reached fish bonds and last time I was here I said I would treat myself to a

Coffee at the coffee van so that is exactly what I’m going to do I’m very excited I also need to find a bathroom woo I am quite tired my legs are tired I’ve got a little tiny niggle in on the inside of my right ankle it’s

A new one which is exciting I usually get the same old niggles get it again uh so new niggle is fun I’m just going to rest a little bit grab some coffee find a bathroom and then continue on home just 10 more km to Go right we got ourselves a black white this is not what I would usually do mid training run but a I’m exhausted today and B I’ve said that I’ve wanted to go to that Cafe stand for ages is that b c I really need the L so I have to stop here

Anyway and D what was D oh yeah they have biodegradable cups and I want to encourage coffee fanss to have completely biodegradable cups so uh I’m all for supporting local and that is all of my excuses I’ve had a bit more of a break than I was hoping for oh yeah that was

Good struggling today struggling a little bit more than I would like um not sure why I mean I have been feeling much better with my evv recently but every so often on random days it comes back to bite me in the ass and it is annoying the fact that I feel

Normal more often than not um aside from having to nap every day um means that when I do feel abnormal I find it really frustrating um but I think today is one of those abnormal days and my heart rate’s a little bit higher than usual and I don’t know I just feel

A bit tired um but I guess that’s what training is for it’s just frustrating sometimes you know when you think you’re getting better and then bam it hits you and you suddenly feel exhausted again but that’s life it is what it is just over 10 km to go no just under 10

Km to go so I’ve got this I know I can do it it’s just it’s not as fun as I was hoping I always like my runs to be fun I might stick on some crazy playlists and uh cheer myself up a little bit and that coffee should kick

In soon as well so that will definitely Help we’ve moved on to my emergency playlist for final 5K of any run which is get it girl and has a lot of songs that a lot of you might think are Highly Questionable we got s m we got Queen we got S Club 7 the tintings uh Beach Boys all the Feelgood

Stuff 24K in 6K to go let’s get It Hey we’re in Queen Squire in the center of Bristol I would have usually gone straight home from the train station but unfortunately slightly misjudged and have a little bit further to go so I’m going to the harbor side going to run around a little bit and then I’m going

To head home cuz God knows I need to sit down it is also Super Saturday today which means a lot of rugby on so I shall be spending the rest of the day on the sofa which I’m very excited about but for now a lot of ma is getting me true it’s so Good back at the chocolate path just 2 km to go let’s get it boy I’m tired 29.27% all the way to the Finish [Applause] Line 30 km done woohoo oh so proud of myself this makes me so happy I did not think 13 weeks ago that I would ever get to this point I’m so happy yeeha another fastest half uh since I got this watch not in general 30.4 km done just over 32

1/2k if I count the run down to the train station woo oh Christ that last bit I just got bored of being out so I just decided to screw trying to keep a low heart rate and just plot on uh but it does mean that I’m going to be a lot

Tireder this afternoon than I bargained for but that’s okay I got it done and I’m so happy with myself that’s given me 77 hours of recovery which is outrageous but at least it says I’m productive which is nice makes a nice change for unproductive or detraining or

Maintaining which is what I’ve had all week so yeah I hope you enjoy this Vlog don’t know if I made any sense throughout it you know when you run and your brain just turns to Mush well that’s what happens to me so um sometimes it’s difficult to form coherent

Sentences but that is me finished for today I hope you enjoyed this video good luck to all of you out there doing your long run training as well for your marathons do let me know what you’re up to where you’re at with your long runs how you’re finding it all it’s very nice

Not to feel alone in all of this keep me updated and if you did enjoy this video please do give it a thumbs up and hit the Subscribe button I’ll be back next week with more running content until then Happy training thanks again for watching bye Tia this is from the nice

Man at the coffee shop okay there you go enjoy