IMCDA Are you ready? (Page 10)

One more victim BT'er to the list.  Put them at the top so they're easy to find.  That's 30 of us now....gonna be a great BT party!  Scratched TPL (bummer) and added WATriChick. 

Man, I am SO there with you!!  I went to a birthday party tonight at one of the local, really nice restaurants...everyone in the party was having appetizers, steaks, baked potatos with the works, Creme Brule, cheesecake...you get the picture.  And there I was...eating my @&%($%&  Ceasar salad!!  It was good mind you...but oh MAN that Filet Mignon looked SOOOOOO good!!    52 more days baby and then I'm going to have the biggest, fattest, juciest cheeseburger I can find!  And oh yeah...the french fries and Coronas to go along with it too. 

What do you all (y'all for you southern folk!) think about getting the BT tattoos to wear on race day so it's easier for us to find each other during the race?  Not that I plan on passing anyone but when you guys all pass me you can at least see who it is easier and offer kind words of encouragement...or an oxygen tank, or CPR, whatever seems to be most medically necessary at the time!! 

I think the gang at St A's did this last weekend and it worked pretty good for them.  Just a thought.

I haven't really changed my diet so I'm not looking forward to a gut busting meal afterwards but I am looking forward to;

Sleeping in on a Sunday, then casually reading the newspaper in bed.

Going to a spinning class and blowing through my heart rate zones.  Spending most of the class checking out the girl in the little top to the right instead of my form.

Having a couple of beers on Friday night without worrying about how it will feel 2 hours into the next days run. 

Not spending most of my free time cleaning my bike, my workout clothes, packing my gym bag, planning run/bike routes.....

Etc...........

I'm stuck at 204-207.   And after training, I end up eating like a horse.  (I'll take seconds ,defeating the weight loss).

I anxious to start the long term plan for next year.  But first I want this one to be over so I know what it's like.         Only have about 30 days of hard (sorta) training left before the taper (where I become paranoid of injuries, colds, everything).

 I bought 20 for St. Anthony's and everyone else did too, so I have quite a few left over.  Ya'll are welcome to them.  I get in on Friday evening, so I can catch up with whomever needs them at that point.  It's gonna be a freaking blast watchin' all of ya'll become IM!!  WOOOOOOOO!!  I can't wait!!

Gotta concur with some of you.  The inches lost from my waist are on my hammies and quads.  I am getting super lean.....frigging have to wear a jacket all the time or I freeze.  I have cut out beer and junk, but other wise am eating granola bars, fruit, meat, bread, cheese, nuts, peanut butter, etc, etc.  Problem is I am eating all day, but down to 190.  Started about 210.

For you burger lovers............

Corner of Sherman Avenue and 2nd Street is HUDSON's HAMBURGERS.  No tomato, lettuce, etc, etc.  You can have pickles and onions and cheese.  Follow with a piece of pie!  Unbelievable burger and has been in the Hudson family since 1910.  No fries either, just pie.

BT tat's would be cool!

34.  Entirely too close to "mid-30's", which starts at 35 and continues to 39.5 at which point you have 6 months of "late 30's" before it's all over but the singing.

For the last year I was using Cytomax/Carbo Pro.  I recently switched to Infinit Nutrition and love it.  If you go to the Infinit Nutrition site, http://www.infinitnutrition.com/inf/servlet/inf you can make up your own formula and they will send it to you.  I was always scared to do this, not wanting to screw it up royally, but it is actually very easy.  They present you a page of some questions and a slider bar with ranges of answers: How heavy of a sweater are you?  What are the length of your workouts? How much caffeine do you drink?...  And then they present you with your base formula.  From there you can modify it or order it.  I ordered it and really liked it but I have reordered adding a little more electrolytes and calories to the original fomula. 

Now my 20 oz bottles are 290 cals (60g carbs) with plenty of electolytes so I don't have to take extra tablets, and it tastes good - not too sweet and a little salty, so I want to drink it.  Unlike most sports drinks it tastes better as the day gets longer - the salt perhaps?  I will use a bottle an hour plus add a GU and some fresh water every other aid station. 

My run nutrition is still a mess but I will most likey use the course gatorade and water with endurolytes.  I really hope the water isn't nasty up there.  At the Half Vineman the water was gross and they used it to mix the gatorade which was even worse.  Wound up cramping big time as I couldn't force myself to drink enough. 

Nutrition is still one of the Unknowns.  Perpetuam is ok, Clif Bloks are ok, Baker Breakfast cookies are ok.   Haven't had any really hot weather to put everything together and test what happens to the body.

I tried Sharkies yesterday.  Hard and chewy, stuck to my teeth.

Careful...........