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Hello everyone,

Wow I have missed alot here....(still reading most of it!)

I'm hoping to get back to the action here! I havent been training AT ALL between work and home its been trying to squeeze 28 hours into 24 hour days....

anyway, I'm lookig to join the local SF triclub here and eyeing a "for fun" sprint here locally next month and then a "for real" sprint in sept.

WOW, that last RR was awesome!

I hope all is well!

What do you mean by making a concentrate?

Lyoshka - 2011-07-26 3:14 PM @Pete, welcome back!!!!! so glad to see you here again come by when you can! We ain't going anywhere (much like on Sunday..ok, bad joke). @Mark, that is for sure! I will make sure of that!!! @Phil... I'm no Ironman, but can I weigh in anyhow? I'm a devout infinit user and did 3 Marathons and a looong HIM (lol) with Infinit. I'm a fairly slow runner, so a marathon is 5:25, and i only do Infinit in one bottle. I generally will end up taking a couple of gels in later miles, but really, I suspect it's more mental than anything. Infinit ALWAYS carries me through my training runs (which go up to 26 miles). For my first Marathon, I emailed back and forth with Mark (i think that's his name?) the owner of Infinit. He suggested making a concentrate and then drinking water at aid stations with my concentrated Infinit. That's what I do now and it works quite well. I don't mess with the formulae and just use what comes in a standard bag, and don't think the concentrated taste is bad at all, but you could dial down the taste slider if you prefer. Also, another tidbit I'll share... Right before Racine, I was ordering more Infinit, and through a random comment in my conversation with the girl from Infinit we figured out I have been running with a BIKING formula which has protein. They sell it under running (Endurance formula), but shouldn't, as apparently, only 1% of ppl can handle protein on the run? Never knew this, never had upset stomach or anything.. she told me I'm a FREAK of nature lol So I did the entire Racine 70.3 on the Endurance formula (well, bike and run). Worked good for me.

She means to mix the Infinit at 2-3 or 4 times the normal strength in the bottle she carries and then cut the strength to the correct ratio at each aid station using the water on hand. I used bottles with marks on the side so I knew how much water to ad each stop.

Here is the kicker and it is really important!  I did this at IMKY last year using Infinit,  but the course ran out of water on the bike leg at a couple of aid stations.  No water, no concentration cutting.  This is REALLY bad!  Trust me.  Whatever you do, make sure you have a backup plan, because something will go wrong somewhere along your race.

Hi All,

Hope yoou are all out enjoying your summer!!!

Lena I agree with Mark...there are many different tires, possibly more durable than what you were riding. You will always be a rock star in my book for finishing the race!!! I would feel the same and want to go back and do the race again!!!

I have invited a new member to our group. His name is Joel and he is doing his first tri in 2 weeks. I told  him you guys would be helpful. Joel is a long time family friend ( he knew me when I was a smoking couch potato!) and I am excited to see him enter the sport. Welcome Joel

Joel Schmoel, ha.  Just kidding.  Remember, whatever Lena says, its just a front to hide how she really feels about me.

Now, on a more serious note......Welcome Joel!

Billy