The Last Big Long Run Before The Black Dog

Because the Black Dog Marathon is only two weeks away, I needed to get the longest last run out of the way, so yesterday I got up and did 18 miles using the fasted approach.

I recently listened to the Talk Ultra podcast where their training section was talking about the need to run in a fasted state, and to not fuel up until you effectively have exhausted your body reserves.  Up until this I had been pre-loading with a banana, refuelling at regular intervals which meant I was never forcing my body to learn to fat burn.

The run was surprisingly easy for the first 12 miles but gradually after that the need for run-walking became more and more, and miles 17 and 18 were really tough but I was determined to get to 18miles no matter what.

The next run will be on Monday when I aim to clock up 10 miles.