{"id":1175,"date":"2014-06-01T21:10:05","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T05:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2014-06-01T21:10:05","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T05:10:05","slug":"gettin-essited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/gettin-essited\/","title":{"rendered":"Gettin’ Essited!"},"content":{"rendered":"

7 Days.<\/p>\n

The weather in Portland is best suited to long-sleeve zips most of the year and that’s what I’ve been wearing all through the winter and early spring. I have a nice short sleeved Nike Dri-Fit T-shirt from Hood to Coast a couple of years ago – I really like the (nearly) absence of any seams and that it dries really fast… but I don’t really want to wear a H2C shirt at this weekend’s race. Sounds vain – but I have major issues with chafing and I really don’t want to deal with the aftermath next Monday.\u00a0I have a TNF tank top that I like – but anything longer than 10 miles, it chafes very bad\u00a0below my pits. So new Patagonia Outpacer shirt in the laundry.<\/p>\n

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Weather looks like it’s going to be in the low 80s, so I also picked up salt tablets to avoid any hyponatremia problems. As there are aid stations every 5 miles, I was thinking of just taking a handheld bottle… or two – and then carrying gels and just eating from the table – the problem with this tactic is that I haven’t done my long runs this way, so …. bad idea to do something different in a race. I may not be able to hold a bottle for the second 15 miles and I can imagine freaking out trying to decide if I should dump my bottle or not…or trying to clip it to my belt somehow so I don’t have to carry it — I’d rather save the angst and stick to my run pack. \u00a0Still considering taking one bottle — and then taking aid when it’s available.<\/p>\n

20 oz of Tailwind every 5 miles… is about 6 bottles… if I take a hydration bladder @ 70 oz it will take me to about mid-race before I’ll need a refill. I think the best strategy is\u00a0to take 2 bottles, no hydration bladder and refill at every aid. If I count and mark\u00a0my Tailwind in baggies, I can refill with water and tailwind when I roll into aid.<\/p>\n

Beacon Rock AS<\/strong>
\n5.5
\n11.8
\n15.5 – drop bag
\n21.0
\n27.3<\/p>\n

I think I’ve tapered correctly the past 2 weeks – I’m planning to get 2 medium runs early in the week and then just stretch\/yoga\/foam roll the back half of the week and be ready to rock on Sunday. \u00a0Woot!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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