TEAM SKINNY 03/01/08 (March Madness) (Page 15)

Congrats on finishing your first tri!!  For that, you get a Haiku:

Trey tris: swim bike run
Finishing well his first time
Nice work Trey- good tri

What was your nutrition plan for that day?  Before, during, after.  List out everything, that could give us an indication as to why you felt sick.

I don't think your workout and nausea are related.  If you were under-nourished for your workout, you would have felt sick during or immediately after the run.  When did it go away?

Sorry I don't have a haiku for you... how about this?

First tri Trey

He Joins the Fray

Up up and away!

Congrats! (So, my poetry skills aren't the best - what's it to you?)

This used to happen to me quite regularly, and what I found is that I needed to be more careful about replenishing my electrolytes.  The more I workout, the more I sweat, the more I need a good solid balance of electrolytes at the end.  It may ALSO be the fact that you might have been either overhydrated or underhydrated during/after your workout.

I think you threw something out of whack because of your intensity levels, and I don't think it has much to do with your diet, except that sometimes things that work well on a regular basis do NOT work so well when you add intensity.  For example, I cannot eat oatmeal before any intense workout, it'll make me sick during and after the workout.  It's like my body cannot handle the digestion that oatmeal needs plus intensity.  I'm fine with Clifbars though before working out intensely. 

It's kind of an experiment to find what will work well for you body and digestive needs. 

On short runs (Less than 2 hours) I use HEED.  For longer distances, I use HEED and Edurolytes (pill form).  I also drink Recoverite after any intense workout to help repair and build muscle.  Helps keep the soreness down, too.  All of these products are from Hammer Nutrition.

I do not like Gatorade, and I don't think it's that balanced as far as energy replacement etc.  Frankly, too much sugar, and if I'm working out and drinking it, it gives me stomach cramps after about an hour.

I REALLY like the way Crank Sports stuff works for me (extra electrolytes included) both the gel and the sports drink, and they are not as sweet as most of the product out there. 

I do not like clifshots at all, they make me feel sick, but their clifshot blocks (the little gummy things) are a gift.  I can eat them and not get ill. 

I also use Endurolytes - I think they are awesome.  

I've been toying with getting into Infinit and trying salt tabs, but haven't tried those products yet.

Go to a good running/biking store and talk to the guys there about what they have.  Sports nutrition/energy/electrolyte replacement is a very personal thing.  Anything that one person likes another person will loathe with a passion.  You could start with the Endurolytes though, they are just something you swallow - so not a lot of extra ingredients.