My Enschede Marathon debut! & Nutrition strategy

My first marathon build up and debut are done! It was a nice and long journey where I had the opportunity to train in Kenya! Even my Kenyan haircut is starting to disappear a bit. In this video I will take you along my race day and my lessons learned in the end. Apparently I can still walk the stairs pretty well and the muscle pain is quite doable, maybe my recovery is back to normal after I am off the antibiotics for 10 days now.
So as most of you know I was going to run the Enschede marathon this weekend! A city to the east in the Netherlands. It was so much fun to race and compete for a good time again. My race plan was simple, going with the first ladies. The first ladies were going to be paced on a 2:22 schedule, where my goal was still to run a sub 2:20 marathon. So I had to be fresh halfway to run a negative split!
I was on the (sub) Elite starting list and beforehand I could give away our drinks and gels for each 5km point. They made clear how our bottles were going to be positioned on each table. To eat and drink enough I took every 5km ⅔ of a gel and 100-150ml of carbohydrate drink mix. Here you see my bottles which I marked with a red straw. Before the race a take 250ml of coca cola, a few sips of coffee (not to much, which causes dehydration) and half a maurten gel 10min before the start for even more caffeine! By the time of the start I can go fly like a rocket haha. Oke, so let’s go to the start!
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[@erindominguez5401]

CONGRATULATIONS! That is an incredible time. My first half marathon I ran was a 2:23, and I remember being in awe (and frustrated) as marathoners flew by me towards the end. It always amazes me how fast some people are. Well done! You'll hit 2:20 in no time!

[@GETONTHERUN]

Thanks! It is all about patience and consistency. Setting your own goals and try to achieve your own best result.

[@user-lv7fx7ff5e]

Es ist wunderbar my freind! Ich gratuliere dir😀😀😀mit erste marathon debut (Ich sprece etwas Deutch aber ich muss mein sprach zu verbessen😁
So dass ich auf Deutsch gespribt dir😀
Proud to hear you had a chance to train in Kenya and become better (even though you had to quit your job and you knew what it was worth it)
All the best from Russia.
Hope to see you in a real life one day🤩
Tschüss!

[@GETONTHERUN]

Vielen Dank! Es is schön, in Kenia zu trainieren.

[@DeDoentje]

Ik vind het razend knap. En wat een boel waters gels en wat al niet meer heb je nodig zeg. Ik had 4 gels bij me en had er ook één genomen voor de start. Ik graaide ook naar de bananen tijdens de run, omdat die tot mijn verrassing er waren. En voor de rest bekertjes water en energydrank graaien.

[@GETONTHERUN]

Ja de marathon is ook veel eten. Als je niet genoeg eet kan je bij 30 of 35km de man met de hamer tegenkomen 😉.