need to change mindsets
Last weekend I did 2 hours on the treadmill, put in 9.3 miles and used up 1100 calories getting ready for the 1/2 marathon in 2 weeks. The plan today, was to go for 11-12 miles. I ended up doing the same thing as last week, 9.4 miles in 2 hours … 1100 calories. Why no further? Didn’t bring along calories to burn. Huh?? I always think of the treadmill as aerobics so that you’re using that to burn up calories, thus you don’t want to bring along stuff with sugars to ingest while you’re on the treadmill. That’s a good mindset for one hour on the road … 2 hours +, you’re not doing aerobics to burn up calories, you’re doing endurance and you NEED calories to keep going. About 1:45 into it my stomach was telling me .. in no uncertain terms … it was HUNGRY … and I didn’t have anything with me to give my system the extra energy it needed at that time. So I backed off to a 2 hour workout. I am going to try to get a 10+ mile session in this coming week but I know I’ll have to bring something like "Gu" in order to give me my needed energy to make it. Besides, the gym won’t let me bring beer/stout in my water bottle. 
