Running Houston full in two weeks. Goal is to run 2:25. I think I’ll take one gel before the race and three during. How should I carry the three gels during the race? I prefer not to carry them in my hands, and I don’t want to just jam them all in one pocket. I appreciate the feedback!
Do runners really eat something in a 2:25 Marathon?
Wear a fanny pack
Safety pin
I carried two in my hands for my most recent marathon. Took one around 9 miles and the other around mile 16 or 17. Gel packets are pretty small so unless you are one of those boneheads that thinks you need one gel packet per mile your hands should be good.
Umm ... isn't that what pockets are for? Lots of shorts have them.
Fast is relative lol, but I ran my 3:04 carrying 4 gels, started with one in each hand, and one in each of two small pockets of my shorts
Worked out great
Safety pin em to your chest
Safety pin them along the waistband. Gels on the inside so they don't flop around, the from the outside pin through the shorts, through the gel, and back through the shorts. Make sure the pin clasp is on the outside of your shorts.
Do you not have any friends or family that can pass them to you on the run?
Gloves with 2 gels per hand.
Bullet the Blue Sky wrote:
Safety pin them along the waistband. Gels on the inside so they don't flop around, the from the outside pin through the shorts, through the gel, and back through the shorts. Make sure the pin clasp is on the outside of your shorts.
I’ve done the same and it worked out ok. I pinned two to the inside of my shorts and carried two.
I carried one in each hand and duct taped two to my chest, on either side of my rib cage (forward facing so they don't rub against swinging arms but not center chest to avoid hair, basically centered below the nipple horizontally and halfway between nipple and belly button vertically)
-RS
I generally carry 3 in my hands but strapped on with elastic bands. Works great. Don't really need to hold them as the elastic band does all the work (can still pick up drinks) and they're in your hand ready to go when you want them.
be careful pinning gels on the inside of your shorts. I've tried this and the gel packaging caused painful and bloody chafing all over my waist. It was awful. The next marathon I bought a pair of shorts that had four pockets built in.
Givetallugot wrote:
Running Houston full in two weeks. Goal is to run 2:25. I think I’ll take one gel before the race and three during. How should I carry the three gels during the race? I prefer not to carry them in my hands, and I don’t want to just jam them all in one pocket. I appreciate the feedback!
Pin them horizontally along the back waistband of your shorts; that is the most stable place to add the extra weight.
Wear a running belt and put the gels on there. I did that while running 2:27 at Houston a few years ago. The belt is very sleek and your shirt/singlet will cover it
I think anyone who claims to be ready for a 2:25 marathon, who doesn' know how to fuel 3 weeks out, hould be forced to post their real name so we can track them and post their 4:23 when they finish.
I tried to register for the race using shtcoins but they wouldn’t take it. Then I tried to convert it to fiat first on coin base but they rejected by request
fell in love with a clown at a clown show wrote:
I think anyone who claims to be ready for a 2:25 marathon, who doesn' know how to fuel 3 weeks out, hould be forced to post their real name so we can track them and post their 4:23 when they finish.
This post right here!!! Dudes drops this post as if hes never ran before. Give me a break.