It’s all about pacing. Your fueling strategy is key to your pacing strategy.
Fueling for a marathon is a science on it’s own. It’s something which you get right or you get wrong. Maurten has made it simpler to dial in your nutrition so you can go further and feel better, for longer. The introduction of Hydrogel technology into the sport nutrition world has changed the game of fueling. It’s allowed athletes excel when before they would struggle. A nutrition plan is important to have and follow, to ensure you take in the required carbohydrates to carry you from start to finish.
Setting out to run a marathon is no easy feat, it’s important to focus on the goal, and the steps needed to finish. One of these steps is fueling at regular intervals to ensure your energy input matches your energy output. Maurten have developed a marathon fuel guide, for this exact reason.
The Maurten marathon fueling plan plan is available from this link.
If you want to secure a Cape Town marathon box designed for the marathon distance with our exclusive CAPE TOWN bottle then click here to book you race nutrition.
With one mile to go of the marathon, the end is already in sight, the hard work is done. You got the fueling right, and you are visualising the finish line. Tired, but focused, you know what needs to be done. Start increasing your speed. Stay positive. It’s only one mile. You’ve got this. Finish strong.
It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.
The challenge of running a Maurten mile is bitter sweet, it is a tough challenge to undertake, and a sweet reward to cherish at the end of a marathon. Going out too fast can set you up for failure. Taking a measured approach to a marathon is far more likely to mean success in getting your goal time.
So you are thinking about it? You have done the training. We like to believe how you finish is more important than the time you finish in. The Maurten mile is a race within a race. How you arrive at the start of the Maurten mile is going to determine your success. Use our advice on fueling and pacing to get it right.
Hold back. Hold back. Few are good at this. The patience and discipline to hold back, while you are passed by your fellow runners, can feel like you are running too slowly. But you have a bigger goal. Running at your pace. You have taken the challenge to run the hardest mile. It’s personal. What other people are doing doesn’t matter.
What is a Maurten mile?
To run a successful Maurten mile takes planning. Run the 26th mile of the Marathon in a faster time than the previous 25 miles. It’s a daring feat. But it is possible with a solid fueling strategy and patience in your pacing. Using your watch to inform you about your pace per mile, you need to know what your fastest mile was for the first 25 miles, and then run Mile 26 faster than the previous 25 miles of the marathon.
When is it happening?
The first ever Maurten Mile is being launched in Cape Town, on the 20th of October at the 2024 Cape Town Marathon. You need to take part in the Maurten Mile challenge at the 2024 Cape Town Marathon to be eligible.
Have a look at these links to see the details of the challenge.
Maurten Strava club: Click here
Maurten Mile Strava event: Click here
Maurten Mile Strava Segement: Click here
So whats in it for you, besides the bragging rights that you ran a Maurten mile.
Everyone who runs a Maurten mile will be entered into a draw, where 100 people will receive a reward from Maurten South Africa, delivered to their door. The prize is our Test Collection Box.
We have setup a Maurten South Africa club on Strava. You need to join the club to participate, and join our Strava event so that we know you are participating in it.
So how do you participate?
- Join the Maurten South Africa Strava club and study the Maurten Mile segment
- Set your watch to track distance in miles.
- Arrive on race day and run the 2024 Cape Town Marathon.
- You need to know what your fastest mile has been so far, so that you can run a faster pace for the 26th mile, known as the Maurten Mile.
- At mile 22 you should be sure that you have fueled for the for the effort of running Maurten Mile on mile 26. If not take a Maurten Gel 100 to be sure you have enough fuel.
- From the end of Mile 25 you need to pick up your speed, in order to run your fastest mile on Mile 26.
- After the marathon, come back to this page where you will find a link below this paragraph for a short questionnaire which you will need to complete and we will do the rest.
- This link will be made active at the end of the day of the marathon for you to complete the questionnaire and be active until 25th October. Thereafter the form will be unavailable.
Terms and conditions
- All participants who attempt a Maurten Mile can submit their times.
- 100 names will be drawn from the valid submissions randomly to select the winners
- If there are less than 100 valid entries, then Maurten Mile attempts that are close to successfully completing the challenge will be entered.
- Submissions need to be entered on the questionnaire by 25 October to be eligible
Good luck for Cape Town marathon marathon and the Maurten Mile. We want you to excel in your run, and feel strong when you finish.
Psst, tell your friends about it, because we all know, it’s better to suffer together than alone.