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Niki Micallef's avatar

In 2 months I will be running/hiking an Alpine 500km trail over 14 days, so roughly 30k a day with 1600m of vertical gain loss (on average, some days are longer, others shorter). I will be sleeping in huts and I will also get breakfast and dinner at the hut. This is good because I do not have to carry a tent or excessive food, but it is bad because I am bound to the schedule and the menu of the hut (I have little control over what and when eat). I am also hoping to grab some food on the way but this is also dependent on what we find (huts may be full, closed etc.) One thing I am debating is taking some sort of recovery powder with me which I take as soon as I am done from the day to kick start the recovery process, but of course the downside is that I have to carry it everywhere with me. What is your opinion on this? Does it make sense? Would you recommend it or do you have a better idea?

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David Saenger, MD, FACC's avatar

Does it scale up at duration and intensity increase? By this calculation, I should eat about 4 pieces of fruit after an hour run. Seems like a lot? What if I run for 3 hours?

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