Eli Rector
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• 704 • 7-31-21💍 • App State Alum ‘21, LSU P.M. ‘24 • Just a Trout Man from Troutman •
I watched Kenya's John Korir for as much of this race as he was featured on the television screen. I didn't see him obviously ingesting 120g carbohydrate per hour (ie taking a 20g gel every 10 minutes) or drinking 250 ml of a 12% carbohydrate solution every 15 minutes - or some combination of both. And the same for the female Kenyan winner, Sharon Lokedi. According to the theory that you can only run at world class marathon pace if you ingest carbohydrate at such high rates, especially once the muscle glycogen stores are depleted, these two athletes should have progressively increased their energy intakes in the last 45-60 minutes of the race. But it seemed to me that they did the exact opposite - once they started racing and drawing away from their opponents, they seemed to show a lesser interest in drinking and more interest in focusing on running as fast as they could. Which they did. Despite their apparent lack of interest in 120g carbohydrate per hour, they sped up progressively. Perhaps I'm wrong. But it would be interesting to see some real data. @PhilipPrins11 @AKoutnik @PaulBLaursen @theplews1 @sweatscience @Brady_H @LoreofRunning1
CANES GOAL IS TAKEN BACK FOR OFFSIDE BUT THEY’RE REWARDED A PENALTY SHOT FOR AN EARLY CALL. WILD.
