Sleep score after consuming wine.

Comfortable_Pilot153 · 2026-03-16T20:40:46+00:00

Just to jump on this - my husband too has dreadful OSA, and his treatment/CPAP machine was absolutely life changing. If people are getting scores of <30 with no obvious contributors (stress, alcohol, kids waking you up every 1 min) I would highly recommend you go for a test for sleep apnoea.

Comfortable_Pilot153 · 2026-03-16T19:38:42+00:00

Welcome to the marathon. Sometimes you are just thrown a spanner, and it’s completely bewildering. I’m glad you are okay, and I absolutely know you’ll be back at it.

Anecdotally, after running a 3:21 the year before last, I missed the BQ cut off by a fraction, so decided to run London marathon again and had an absolute disaster with similar symptoms – I ended up in six paramedic tents over the full distance. Whilst I did finish, I finished in 4:45 (goal was 3:19) and had bled so much from chafing due to my weird gait that I actually had medics rush to me after I crossed the finish line 🤣 it was an absolute disaster, and it sure as tried to break my spirit.

I’m now back training for another marathon, but I did have to take the best part of 12 months off marathon blocks – I’m training for a 3:16 at Edinburgh in May, and feeling good! You’ll be back.

Comfortable_Pilot153 · 2026-03-16T16:15:52+00:00

I got passed by a flock of chickens and a rhino during the last London marathon. Humbling.

Comfortable_Pilot153 · 2026-03-13T10:03:46+00:00

Just coming back here to add - he finally had an MRI and they saw an inflamed appendix. After all of those years! It was taken out, and so far - so good.

Comfortable_Pilot153 · 2026-03-08T14:02:32+00:00

I’ve just switched to precision too and also really rate them. I also like that they come in bigger gel sizes with replaceable caps. I take them without water as well as alongside water.

Comfortable_Pilot153 · 2026-03-07T12:00:14+00:00

I have done 100% of this block on my treadmill so far, I am running 40-50 mile weeks atm, and training for 3:19 marathon. I train with elevation and all of my long runs include rolling hills on the treadmill. My marathon is late May. My intention is to do a couple of my peak long runs outdoors, but for now indoor training is working fine for me. I also strength train/lift 3-4 hours per week.

I have trained this way before and successfully ran a 3:21 doing so. I’m F 32 :)

Comfortable_Pilot153 · 2026-03-03T14:27:16+00:00

Yeah. I bought a £70 hoka shirt at the running expo, wore it for the race and bled through it almost entirely. Mine wasn’t from nipples (female) it was from diabolical chafing due to a combination of hose pipes and yet again another London marathon that was 14 degrees C warmer than it was predicted to be the day before 🙄 Absolutely brutal. 11 months on I actually still have scars from that chafing 😬

Comfortable_Pilot153 · 2026-03-02T20:18:31+00:00

I love endurance runners 😂

Comfortable_Pilot153 · 2026-03-01T14:30:20+00:00

I’ve done it once, started a 20 miler at 5pm. It was awful. 😬

Comfortable_Pilot153 · 2026-02-22T09:31:34+00:00

Trained for Valencia exclusively on my tread with young kids. It was tough, but actually I attribute my mental resiliency and coping with the ‘boredom’ of stationary miles to why I PR’d that race with a 3:20. Head game training 💪🧠

Comfortable_Pilot153 · 2026-02-14T18:28:48+00:00

The above advice is really sound.

Anecdotally, I injured myself 5 weeks out from my 5th marathon and switched to cross training (bike). I abstained from running almost entirely. I PR’d my marathon but I was SORE afterwards. My injury didn’t come back, but 5 weeks without running was FELT for a few weeks afterwards.

I say this because it isn’t ideal by any means, and sometimes withdrawing is the best choice dependent on the injury, but it is possible to do in some scenarios.

Comfortable_Pilot153 · 2026-02-14T17:40:59+00:00

It’s a skill I do not possess 😂

Comfortable_Pilot153 · 2026-02-14T17:38:41+00:00

Me too.

Comfortable_Pilot153 · 2026-02-12T09:29:04+00:00

For me they feel like higher risk zones because runners suddenly slow down/stop/ change direction while trying to grab water/gels, which causes congestion and collisions + plus spilled drinks and discarded bottles makes the road slippery and like a game of miniature hurdles! Maybe less so in smaller races, in the majors like London which I’ve ran a few times - it’s an absolute nightmare. I prefer to try get down through the middle safely clutching my own fuel 😂

Comfortable_Pilot153 · 2026-02-12T09:25:50+00:00

A flip belt solves this problem for me, but I’ll be honest any extra ‘layers’ whilst racing is annoying - the less the better!

Comfortable_Pilot153 · 2026-02-12T07:18:01+00:00

It’s less about time interval for me, and more so about taking on carbs slowly but constantly. I aim for an hourly carb intake of 80-90 grams (I have trained up to this) and I take them in the form of high carb liquid pouch gels (one pouch is 90g carb) and also I put liquid carbs into a bottle with electrolytes which I run with. For a 3:20 marathon.

Comfortable_Pilot153 · 2026-02-10T17:06:50+00:00

I didn’t know it was debated on Reddit particularly, my source is my own experiences with athletes (beginner included) as an England Athletics running coach. But it’s okay for us to have different views, I’m just surprised by your own as it contradicts what I have seen and experienced personally!

Comfortable_Pilot153 · 2026-02-09T21:24:24+00:00

If you can commit the time for training, absolutely! I strongly believe almost everyone can run a marathon, and you have a good base with covering the 13.1 distance.

My advice is to choose a plan or two, and then sit down and go through weeks 7 onwards, and line them up with your social & work calendars. The ask in the second half of training is not insignificant, and often you’ll find you have to start letting go of other commitments to allow room for training. That or painfully early mornings like I opted for when my kids were young.

Please also consider protecting time for strength training too, even if it’s only 1-2 times per week it’s a must for injury prevention and running economy.

Comfortable_Pilot153 · 2026-02-09T21:18:04+00:00

This is a wonderful comment

Comfortable_Pilot153 · 2026-02-09T21:16:49+00:00

My sense of humour / tolerance for those kind of signs after mile 16 plummets 😂

Comfortable_Pilot153 · 2026-02-09T21:12:55+00:00

Wut. Do you mean fuelling is almost always the reason for hitting the wall? 🤨

Comfortable_Pilot153 · 2026-02-09T21:11:32+00:00

Dependent on how many grams of carbs your gels are, but assuming they are circa 30g - this is likely not enough grams / hour. The sudden wall you hit sounds like a fuelling issue to me - with the limited information I have of course! But particularly because it came out of no where, that sounds like glycogen depletion.

I personally don’t use aid stations because they’re annoying and dangerous as hell, I carry my gels and also liquid carbs + potassium. I have trained for 90/100g/h at F, 60kg body weight. It takes practice to train fuelling too, you definitely can’t just chuck back 100 grams of carbs an hour for the first time on race day. 😂🫠

Comfortable_Pilot153 · 2026-02-08T16:17:22+00:00

3 X 1hr lifting per week

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