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How to beat your personal best in the London Marathon
She explains: ‘It’s worth trying to hold yourself back and almost taking advantage of how thick the crowds of runners are at that point, to not panic, not stress avoid running too fast in the early stages. She said: ‘I used to do simple things like counting in my head up to 100 and then starting again – I knew that roughly three times to 100 was a mile, so I was breaking it down into manageable segments.
Many people feel nauseous after running as the blood has drained from their stomachs into their tired legs.She said: When you finish your run, it’s really important to eat within 20 minutes. Get some food, not just hydration, but carbohydrates and protein as well in that 20 minute window as that’s when the muscle are most open to refuelling and re-energising.
, ‘A marathon runner will be depleting more glycogen than a bodybuilder so will require more carbohydrates post-workout.
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