Pewsey Expectations
I am now two sleeps away from returning to the Pewsey Downsaround. A 35 mile run around some hills over the otherside of Bath. I completed the event last year over the eight hour mark and was hampered by issues, which included nutrition and training. Nutrition: At the first checkpoint I took on board food as normal, only to have it play silly buggers with me a few miles down the trail. This lead to illness, inability to hold any more food, dry heaving and wreatching... A general ruining of the day on the whole. The knock on effect being I couldn't fuel properly, which left to some real tough times. I attribute this to some homemade egg-based potato thing I was recommended at cp1. Lesson learnt. This year I will be only eating recognised foods, foods in packaging and my gels (note to self: go buy some gels.) I am also going to take some proplus with me on the trip, so I can pop a few pills around mile 20-30 to perk up my CNS. i had originally planned to take a double espresso wit...