Two questions mainly occupied me on my long run yesterday. Firstly, would I rather - like the RideLondon cyclists I intersected with twice - be cycling 100 miles or running 20? Secondly, how much, theoretically, would I offer that passing man for his oh-so-delicious looking bottle of water? I don't take water on my long runs, instead putting a coin or a bank card in a pocket if I really need it. And god, I needed it yesterday. I don't know if it was the effects of a mild virus I've had all week, or humidity, or tiredness, or all of the above, but I've never felt so dehydrated on a run. And so think about the total absence of water fountains along the 20 miles of Thames I covered.
昨天长跑时，我主要思考了两个问题。第一，我会不会宁愿像伦敦全民骑行的车手们一样骑100英里或跑20英里？我跑步时与他们碰面了两次。第二，从理论上来讲，对从我身边疾驰而过的车手们拿着的十分美味的水，我会出价多少？长跑时，我不带水，但如果真的需要喝水，我会在口袋里放些硬币或带张银行卡。上帝啊，昨天我真的需要喝水了。我不知道这是不是由于几周以来我感染的轻微病毒或湿气或是疲倦亦或是三者皆有导致的，但跑步时我从未感觉如此脱水过。所以想想看我沿着泰晤士河跑了20英里，而我却完全缺水！
I also managed - and you really would think that given I'm training for marathon number six I'd know better - to take my first energy gel far too late. I'm a loyal user of SiS Go gels (I find the ones with caffeine help more with the mental battle that is a long run) but even they can't help if you take them 20 minutes after you probably should have done. With gels, timing is everything.
我第一次吃能量胶时也已经有点晚了。你们可能会认为我是马拉松6号选手，我接受相应的训练，应该对能量胶有更多的了解。我是SiS Go能量胶的忠实用户（我发现含有咖啡因的能量胶对精神长跑更有作用），但在你本应跑完的20分钟后吃能量胶是没有效果的。吃了能量胶，时间就是一切。
Of course, inevitably when you mention gels, someone will reply something along the lines of "In my day we ran marathons on a sip of water and 10 pints in the pub the night before". To which my reply is, yes, well, imagine how much faster you might have run it with proper nutrition and hydration！
当然，当你提到能量胶时，总会有人回复你这样一些话"想当年我跑马拉松的时候，我会在马拉松开始前一天晚上去酒吧喝10品脱的酒，只抿一小口水。"对此，我的回答则是：哇塞，有这么多的营养和水分，可以想象你跑的有多快了！
Could I run 20 miles without them? Do a marathon without them? I could, yes. But it wouldn't be a good one. Despite hitting the wall fairly hard in my training run yesterday, I've never yet hit one in an actual marathon race, which I'm sure is a combination of training and getting the gels/water right on the day.
没有能量胶我能跑20英里吗？还能跑马拉松吗？是的，我可以。但可能效果不好。尽管昨天训练时，突然跑不动了十分困难，但真的在马拉松过程中，我还没有跑不动过，我确定这是训练以及比赛当天吃了能量胶/喝了水的结果。
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