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Lehigh Valley Marathon: Week 6 Recap

July 11, 2011 by Kristy 8 Comments

I hit the big 5-0 last week and, overall, had a great week with the exception of Friday’s steamy 20-miler.

MON:  8 easy
TUE:  7 speed (fastest 800s to-date!)
WED:  7 easy
THU:  rest
FRI:  20 long
SAT:  rest
SUN:  8 tempo

Now I’m noticing a pattern with my dehydration. My left quad was sore Friday to Monday just like it was during the NJ Marathon. During the marathon I got pretty dehydrated, just like Friday’s 20-miler. Since I’ve never had any issues with my quads I definitely think there’s a link. For me, the NJM and Friday’s 20-miler are what I dubbed “stage 2” dehydration – headache and nausea. As opposed to my usual post-long run “stage 1” dehydration – just an annoying headache. Seem like stage 2 creeps in and so does the quad soreness.  Thankfully the soreness goes away after a few days but it’s a pain in the ass.

Since this is starting to get on my nerves, I’m going to increase my water intake the night before and the morning of a long run. I must admit I’m pretty bad with this. During my long runs though I’m a model hydrator…drinking water like crazy, Shot Blok-ing, and electrolyte popping!

What are your must-haves to prevent dehydration during the summer? I tried nuun a few times. It didn’t see any real difference and I thought it was gross!

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  1. Kara says

    July 12, 2011 at 8:47 am

    I pretty much live by my Nathan Catalyst tabs. I put 3 or 4 of them into my 2 liter hydration pack for a long trail run. If I do a road run, I put one in my hand held bottle. I like Nuun too, so if you don’t like Nuun, I can’t guarantee you won’t hate Catalyst too 🙂

    I almost always feel a lack of appetite and lethargic after a long run, so maybe I’m not the poster child for hydration. I live in the “if you feel too good after a workout, you didn’t try hard enough” camp.

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  2. Pink Runner says

    July 12, 2011 at 9:26 am

    I do love lemon-lime gatorade! Never tried the NUUNs but I think the packaging is cute… glad I didn’t try them if they are gross!

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  3. thethinksicanthink says

    July 12, 2011 at 6:07 pm

    Some people I know actually take salt packets with them and lick them! Can’t hurt!

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  4. Claire says

    July 14, 2011 at 5:12 pm

    I’ve used nuun before (also found them to be weird) and other electrolyte replacement products, but you can really get all the electrolytes you need through an everyday diet. So I try to have a good post-run snack with water soon after. But sports drinks and the tablets are easy, so I totally get the appeal!

    I just have a really good water-drinking routine every day, and make sure I’m always extremely well hydrated, even on days I don’t run. For long runs, I’m obsessed with these gels called Go gels by Science in Sport, which is a UK company. They aren’t too thick so you don’t need water with them and don’t taste too bad either. When I move back to the US, I’m going to have to fill my suitcase with a few boxes!!

    Interesting about the salt packets!!

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