 All right, so tomorrow is my first half marathon Exciting I'm running Krogskogen halmarathom here in Norway And it's gonna be epic and I want to show you guys what I'm gonna wear What I'm gonna bring with me how I'm gonna Execute the race and talk a little bit about my thoughts the day before the big day All right, so my first half marathon super exciting and I built up to it for a few weeks and Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. It's it's quite a hilly course So I'm not like expecting a super epic time or anything and of course, I'm still just learning about this my first half marathon It's the longest I've ever run. I'm just learning about this distance So it's not like I'm gonna be competitive or anything like that But I'm gonna see what what I'm good for at this point in time And I'm gonna continue my build up afterwards to watch my next half marathon Which is a more of a flat horse which I'm gonna run for time and that's also half marathon in September, but anyway Let's talk a little bit about what I'm gonna wear And why so starting at the head? I will be wearing a cap and probably sunglasses. I'll have them with me Anyway, because it's gonna be sunny and The temperatures plan to be about 20 degrees Celsius. So that's not too hot. So that's good Then of course, I have my Garmin 630 watch which I'm gonna use and I'm going to also Use the heart rate monitor a lot of people don't use heart rate monitors when they're racing But this far I'm like I want to learn what my body is doing and when I'm running a race So and I like to look at the watch and as a beginner It's nice for me just to have a have an eye on the effort and just know that I'm not going too hard But also to know that I'm going as hard as I should in terms of heart rate So those two are good to bring and by the way, you know for all the gear I'm showing now I'll put some affiliate links in the description if you feel like buying it. So be sure to check that out Then I have my shirt, it's just like this craft shirt white Very lightweight very thin So that will be good in the in the warm or semi-warm weather You know anything above 12 12 degrees Celsius or something like that is actually pretty warm when it comes to performing In terms of running and my shorts Just the Nike shorts there and then I have a compressed board calf sleeves here I'll talk about why I use them in another video But basically it's because I have some very close veins on my right calf So I just think that might be helpful in Jinji toe socks, of course to help my toes Splay out naturally inside of the ultra The one 2.5 so a lightweight shoe zero drop, of course wide toe box at this point in time This is my favorite overall shoe. It's just wide enough to fit my foot wider than some of the other ultra models even And it's a you know, it's a it's a gravel road race So it's not necessary to have trail shoes or anything like that. So these will be good now Let's say the strategy and talk about hydration stuff at the very end and fuel and just mention that over here This is what I'm gonna put on and this is what I'm gonna run in but I'm of course also bringing, you know pair of pants and a sweater just to pull over that Before and possibly after the race depending on how I feel. I also have my camera my photo camera and my GoPro Which is filming right now. I'm gonna get some footage from the race money card whatever driver's license phone and I have a bag where I bring some water to drink afterwards if I need to have a few dates five dates just to you know, I'll have breakfast in the morning around 10 and then the the race is at 1 o'clock, so I might need to just top up a little bit on calories or something like that around, you know 12 12 30 or something and that's why I bring the dates just in case and then this bag I'm gonna fill with bananas probably like I Don't know 10 10 12 bananas to eat right after the race and Yeah, that's pretty much it for what I'm bringing Going there with my brother and my dad so they're coming along to cheer me on and to To watch anyway, let's talk a little bit about fuel and hydration. So There are eight stations six eight stations actually along the course that's a lot for a 21k race and I'm so I'm not gonna carry my own water. There's no need to do that if there's eight stations So what I'm thinking is that you know, well, I'll probably be sweating I've been testing my sweat rate a lot lately weighing myself before and after runs, you know, it's probably around like in tomorrow's Temperature and intensity. I'm thinking I might sweat as much as a liter per hour So and I'm gonna my time goals. Well, let's mention quickly before I talk about the hydration time goes It's my first half marathon. There's a lot of hills a lot up and down 400 meters of elevations. So it's not gonna be super fast I'm satisfied as long as I'm under one hour 15 minutes. I'm satisfied If I see one hour 30 minutes, then I'm gonna be shocked That's gonna be like, whoa, that's fast on the course like that if I was on a completely flat course I think I would be able to do to pull off, you know, one and a half hour one hour 30 but of course like this, I don't think so so Probably I'm hoping to do something like 140 one hour 40 minutes. Maybe 145 Can I do 135? Maybe? I don't know So for about one and a half one hour 40 minutes, I'll be out there And I'll be that means I'll I'll need to drink, you know What is it? One and a half liter or something To cover my hydration losses, but you know, I don't really have to cover all the losses It's such a short race, but I certainly do need to drink a little bit during run and because of my stomach ability to absorb Water is probably around six seven eight hundred milliliters per hour I'll be drinking something like a liter or maybe one point two liters throughout the race Which pretty much equates to about 200 milliliters at each of the eight stations So I'll just come into the stations and grab a glass of water down, you know 150 to 200 milliliters of water and move on. I'll do it on the ground while I'm running In terms of fuel Rather than relying on the sports drink there, which might not be something I'm used to I've mixed up my own sports drink here, which is basically what I typically do I've got this little Salomon soft flask 150 milliliters. It's like super super super nice And I'm just I've just filled it with 90 grams of sugar per just sucrose and And water 40 No 60 grams of water So that's it just sugar water and I have a little salt in there A little bit of salt because I'm gonna lose a little bit of salt in my sweat so What I'm gonna do is I'm gonna hide in my pocket on my shorts and when I approach an A station I'm just gonna squeeze in about You know like 15% or whatever of this This thing and then I'm gonna have the water and then I'm gonna move on So it's gonna be pretty easy just like squeeze sit move on I'm thinking four seconds, you know at the eight stations or something like that. But anyway, I'm not you know I'm super duper specific and I love being super scientific about it Whereas, you know, the reality is that I've said I'm not gonna be competing or anything like that in this race But I like to do it properly and I like to really Do my best. So that's what I'm gonna do. I'm super excited and a little nervous But you know, I'm excited to just try racing again, it's my third ever race really And so I'm pretty new to the whole racing thing and I'm really excited just Do all the planning and think about the you know hydration and fluid losses and how much to eat and drink and drying out This new soft flask which I've never tried before with this concentrated sugar water and Yeah, it's just it's just gonna be so cool so Pretty much I'm ready to go. I just need a you know, good dinner a good night's sleep and then wake up tomorrow have breakfast and then go So it's about an hour drive from here So for the rest of the day now, I'm gonna try to just relax and when I go to bed I'm gonna try to avoid thinking about the race too much because then I'm gonna end up just not Sleeping very well. Let me know in the comments if you're doing any races If you just did or if you're going to do any or what you think about the racing What you think about my plans for the race, which we good luck by the time you're watching this, of course I'm already done and you probably heard how it went even if you follow me on You know on Strava or Instagram and if you don't there's links to my Strava profile my Instagram profile my Facebook Page for this channel, etc in the description So be sure to follow me on all those social media platforms subscribe Of course to this channel and and stay tuned for the next video, which will probably be my race recap. 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