Trivial subjet today as I'm rather busy at the moment. Analysis of the finishing year and plans for the next one to be posted soon.

As you know, hydration is fundamental during long races. I've had a few problems with that, latest one during the PTL. That's why most marathon runners drink a lot before their race. Because what goes in must go out, you can typically see runners peeing everywhere, for example in the sea and on the palm trees in Nice. This mostly happens before the race and during the first 5km. Most runners I've talked to mentioned they've indeed stopped once.

Things are different for me though, as I took 4 or 5 pit stops during the marathon, despite going twice in the 15 minutes before the race! That's one or two minutes wasted on my PB :) . I'm not 100% sure why is that, but the answer might come from the sweat. Indeed I've been told several times that I wasn't sweating much as I ran along with friends. My body has probably adapted to waste less water that way during ultramarathons. Could that explain the need to pass more water when I do actually hydrate correctly on shorter races?

What about you, how many pit stops in an average marathon? :)

Ultra leaks.