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<blockquote data-quote="GeoffersTaylor" data-source="post: 1867799" data-attributes="member: 195160"><p>But I <em>was </em>running on fat at the time, there's the rub. Not a carb in sight.</p><p></p><p>What I am <em>guessing</em>, with the benefit of hindsight and a bit of reading, is that I pushed too hard that day and my heart rate was way up (I don't know for sure because I didn't have a heart monitor then - I do now!). As I understand it, at higher levels of intensity when you become anaerobic even-the fat adapted switch to burning the glycogen stores. There are only about 2000 calories of that and once they're gone ... bonk.</p><p></p><p>Bear in mind that I'm already significantly fitter and faster - I can now do over 50 miles at the pace I mentioned in my first post and will be doing a charity 100 mile trip next week which I have absolutely no fear of. So I don't need to push as hard to get that level of performance now. </p><p></p><p>So if I consciously keep the pace down to match a certain heartrate then I shouldn't need to consume extra carbs. It's good to see that my body will apparently use those carbs instead of getting elevated BGs so that option to fuel and then push hard seems to still be there. There seem to be a couple of training methods out there that offer this kind of approach....</p><p></p><p>I don't know - I wouldn't be asking for opinions if I did and thanks for everyone's input. I'm just going to keep experimenting, keep sharing the results and see what they tell us.</p><p></p><p>Next step, once this 100 miler is out of the way, experiment with a 30 mile route at low intensity and no carbs, then same route at a higher pace, again no carbs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GeoffersTaylor, post: 1867799, member: 195160"] But I [I]was [/I]running on fat at the time, there's the rub. Not a carb in sight. What I am [I]guessing[/I], with the benefit of hindsight and a bit of reading, is that I pushed too hard that day and my heart rate was way up (I don't know for sure because I didn't have a heart monitor then - I do now!). As I understand it, at higher levels of intensity when you become anaerobic even-the fat adapted switch to burning the glycogen stores. There are only about 2000 calories of that and once they're gone ... bonk. Bear in mind that I'm already significantly fitter and faster - I can now do over 50 miles at the pace I mentioned in my first post and will be doing a charity 100 mile trip next week which I have absolutely no fear of. So I don't need to push as hard to get that level of performance now. So if I consciously keep the pace down to match a certain heartrate then I shouldn't need to consume extra carbs. It's good to see that my body will apparently use those carbs instead of getting elevated BGs so that option to fuel and then push hard seems to still be there. There seem to be a couple of training methods out there that offer this kind of approach.... I don't know - I wouldn't be asking for opinions if I did and thanks for everyone's input. I'm just going to keep experimenting, keep sharing the results and see what they tell us. Next step, once this 100 miler is out of the way, experiment with a 30 mile route at low intensity and no carbs, then same route at a higher pace, again no carbs. [/QUOTE]
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