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=What worked=
* '''Muscular endurance'''. I was surprised how good my legs felt through the race and I had little [[Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness| DOMS]] after the race. There could be three factors behind this.
** '''[[Downhill Running| Downhill training]]'''. I did a lot of downhill training for Poland and I believe this gave me a lot of muscular endurance. I found my legs were far better than I expected at both Poland and this race. ** '''The [[Morton Stretch]]'''. I saw Mike Morton do a short series of stretches while setting the American 24 hour record in Poland. He felt these kept him limber, so used a modified approach, stretching every 3 laps (4.5 miles). This helped a little for the first 50 miles, but was quite remarkable later, giving me the feeling of new legs. (I will do a short post on 'doing the Morton' soon.)
** '''Hokas.''' Many runners claim that the Hokas reduce muscular fatigue, but I can't be sure from this run.
** '''Run/Walk.''' I took a short [[Walking Breaks| walking break]] on every lap after running the first couple to get clear of the pack.
* '''Pre-race nutrition.''' For this race, I aimed to eat less the night before and for breakfast. I suspect that I normally overeat, and this time I slept better and my stomach was happier in the first hour of the race. I also kept my [[Fiber]] intake high the day before the race and this seemed to work well.
* '''Body Weight.''' For Poland, I'd got my body weight down, and I believe body fat is a [[Weight Loss and Performance| huge determinant of performance]]. After Poland, my weight dropped about three Pounds (1.5Kg) to around 130 (59 kg), but my [[Body Fat Scales]] indicate this is mostly due to muscle loss, which is not what I want.
* '''Garmin 310XT.''' The battery life of a Garmin [[Best Running Watch| running watch]] is not long enough for a 24 hour with GPS active, but using a [[FootPod]] instead works great. I configured my Garmin so that one of the pages of displays included the previous lap time, previous lap distance and average lap time. I could look at my previous lap time at my leisure, rather than noting the time when I cross the line, and I'd also have a running average of my lap times to know what pace I was on. The previous lap distance verified that the calibration of the [[FootPod]] was correct. I also wrote on my hand the split times for the various goal distances.
=What didn't work=
[[File:Migraine aura.jpg|right|thumb|400px|An artist's impression of a migraine aura. My jagged lines are yellow rather than multicolored, but otherwise this is a good representation. I also get an area where the vision in missing, rather like looking at a bright light and then looking away.]]
