100% that is the way!
Nutrition plan is locked in (not depending on aid stations - bringing everything ourselved)
gels (sis isotonic) every 20 min (except for gels 5 and 6)
gels 5 & 6 (sis double expresso)
after that back to isotonic - will provide a caffeine boost at 30-34km
salt tabs (every hour)
1l water + electrolyte (sis hydro 4 tabs / 1l) drink small sips every 20 min / starting 10 min in.
That way we don’t get distracted with the aid stations and can just ignore those and stay in the rhytm!
I am very much a solo runner, don’t like running with a pacer group myself - so we will just run as a duo. Luckely this is a small marathon so I don’t expect that much large groups!