Wife asked: If you got $10k to eat a can of refried beans in the first 20mi of a marathon...

Slowly during the 19th and 20th miles. It's going to be bad anyway, so get 18+ good miles before the misery starts. No reason to be burping beans for the whole 26 miles.

Just one can? Honestly, I don’t think it would be that bad. Pretty clean fuel and most of the gas is removed when they’re smashed.

That's more of a $10 bet than a $10,000 bet.

If the goal is just to finish the thon without the beans coming out of you before the race then you can just jog the last 6 miles. If you are still trying to run a fast time then it will be messy

Can I get 10k for each time I try? I’ll check different strategies and get back to you in a couple of weeks.

it really should be 3 cans at each meal the day before the marathon for 10,000. your a$$ would be in a constant state of explosion during the marathon and if you finish, you get the 10K

You don’t have a wife.

Shotgun the can at mile 20

Two guiding principles.

1) Eat it as late as possible

2) Eat it fairly slowly

From mile 16 or 17 you start to eat a spoonful at a time every few minutes and finish it right before the 20 mile mark (even if you have to really slow down to get the last bit before mile 20).

Then cruise it on in, forget about your time (this is not a day to PR), and collect that cash.

I honestly think I could eat it on the start line and be completely fine throughout the race.

1 can? How soft are you guys seriously? I will eat that and my race will be pretty much unaffected. I am simply built different.

Yeah, I don't get gas at all from refried beans.

This would be a phenomenal spectator event. The week after the Boston Marathon, the Beantown Marathon!

Only if you're eating gringo style (junk oils instead of real pig lard)