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Mountaineer Josh Apprentice
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I'm going to be running the Philly Marathon on November 19. Looking forward to it. I need to remember to bring some gluten-free waffles for breakfast prior to the race. Anyone else running Philly? If so, have you done it before? I hear it's a nice, flat race.

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I'm going to be running the Philly Marathon on November 19. Looking forward to it. I need to remember to bring some gluten-free waffles for breakfast prior to the race. Anyone else running Philly? If so, have you done it before? I hear it's a nice, flat race.

Hey Josh. How'd Philly go. Question for you. I was diagnoseed with celiac disease 4 weeks ago and just ran the NYC MArathon. I was shooting for 3 or just under and was on pace until I ran out of gas at mile 22. I've hit the wall before, but this was brutal. I was damn near falling down. I trained big-time for this race includung a 20,22,23,24,26 & 26 run, but this was the first distance race I've done on this new diet and I think I'm just not doing someting right. The day before I ate Gluten-free pasta and bread and drank my usual abundance of gatorade. Day of the race I ate a buckwheat pancake at 4:30am banana at 8:30am and Gu's before the race and each hour. I also take Endualytes. I felt physically fine thru 22 and that was it. No cramping, not dehydrated but I was history none the less. Do you have any advice on pre-marathon nutrition. I want to get this right before Boston in April 2007.

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Ed

Mountaineer Josh Apprentice
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Hey Josh. How'd Philly go. Question for you. I was diagnoseed with celiac disease 4 weeks ago and just ran the NYC MArathon. I was shooting for 3 or just under and was on pace until I ran out of gas at mile 22. I've hit the wall before, but this was brutal. I was damn near falling down. I trained big-time for this race includung a 20,22,23,24,26 & 26 run, but this was the first distance race I've done on this new diet and I think I'm just not doing someting right. The day before I ate Gluten-free pasta and bread and drank my usual abundance of gatorade. Day of the race I ate a buckwheat pancake at 4:30am banana at 8:30am and Gu's before the race and each hour. I also take Endualytes. I felt physically fine thru 22 and that was it. No cramping, not dehydrated but I was history none the less. Do you have any advice on pre-marathon nutrition. I want to get this right before Boston in April 2007.

Thanks-

Ed

Ed - I run Philly in two weeks so I'm glad I read your post. I'm going to eat some gluten-free pasta and potatoes the night before and I plan to eat some gluten-free waffles with peanut butter and honey with a banana the morning of. This will be my first marathon since I was diagnosed so we'll see what happens. I did 21 miles a couple of weeks ago and felt okay. I plan to eat GU throughout the race and will take some endualytes. I plan to eat a Larabar around mile 20 if I can find my wife....hopefully this will prevent the wall. I plan to finish in 4 or a little over. You're WAY faster than me.

I'll be honest with you, I felt very weak for the first two or three months after going gluten-free, I'm sure this contributed to your hitting the wall. Sorry to hear that NYC didn't go as planned.

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