kaburns1214 and UHCoog's Mentor Group-Closed (Page 22)

She thinks based on nothing but her opinion.

As a counter point here's Chrissie Wellington typical day:

My daily meals

I have two breakfasts: One when I wake up, about 45 minutes before my first session, which is light and easy to digest. I have a couple of rice cakes or a frozen banana (simply because I like the taste and texture when they are frozen) with sunflower butter and honey on top, washed down with water and an oversized cup of joe. Decaf is not in my vocabulary.

After my first training session I have my second breakfast; this is either hot oatmeal with another grain (like spelt/buckwheat/quinoa) mixed in, with honey on top, or a huge bowl of raw oats, nuts, seeds, dried fruit, coconut and plain yogurt all mixed together.

My choice depends on whether I am running later in the day. If so, I chose the former, slightly lower fiber option to avoid the probably of GI distress.

After my next session I have lunch, which is either a baked potato, wholegrain bread/wraps or brown rice with a salad and some tuna, sliced meats, eggs or pulses (such as chick peas). I finish it up with a bigger than average bowl of cereal and some nuts or fruit as a snack.

For dinner I have either poultry or fish (I tend to choose oily fish to maximize my omega-3 intake). I have red meat once a week, to ensure I get enough iron. I also love liver and kidneys. Horse was the red meat of choice in Switzerland. Ostrich in South Africa.

On the side I have roasted/steamed/stir fried veggies or a salad and a big pile of grains such as quinoa, buckwheat, rice, wholegrain pasta, or a large sweet potato.

The extras

Dessert is always a bowl of wholegrain cereal and frozen berries. I put olive oil on everything. Even oatmeal.

I don't deprive myself of any foods. Nothing is "naughty" - it is just eaten in moderation. A few pieces of dark chocolate a day definitely doesn't do me any harm, and as for pizza -- well, I can still squeeze one of those in!

During the day I drink either plain water or water with electrolytes, and keep an eagle eye on the color of my urine to ensure I am hydrated.

Probably a little of both.  Sounds like a bad original fit though if there was that much change. 

It depends.  Retul is essentially a name brand for motion capture, computer measured fitting.  There are other computer based fitting programs such as dart fish that can do something similar.  Everyone should have their bike properly fit, a computer based motion capture fit will maybe give you an extra 1 or 2 %.  But if you have a good fitter your going to get that anyway. 

All the good fitters around here are $250ish.  Retul, Serrotta, Guru DFU, et al.

Larkin, if you're looking for another fitter and don't mind driving up to Montgomery County, you might try Smiley El Abd.  He has a wonderful reputation around here, and is the guy I'm going to go to for my next fit.  It is not his day job, but he is a certified fitter and has long years of experience both fitting it and building custom bikes.  The DC Tri Club had a long thread of rave reviews about him here:  http://www.dctriclub.org/forum/messages.cfm?tid=B1849BED-D84B-AA78-A00D66477DDCBDED

I don't know how much he charges, but you'd be assured of getting a great fit from someone who really knows what he's doing.  

Biking to work in 90% of Houston = a 90% chance of death or dismemberment.

So the athlete's dinner.  Kinda cool.  Food was decent.  Mashed potatoes, roast beef, panzanella salad, some sort of cheesy pasta, chocolate cake and apple pie.  Stayed clear of all thing fiberous. 

Found a few friends to chill with.  We were snarky all night long.  It was fun.  Mike Reilly is pretty cool and charismatic.  He called up the oldest female competitor who was in her mid 70s.  He asked her when she got into tris (09) and what made her want to do them and her answer was (in my best granny voice) "Well I'm a bit crazy."  She was awesome.  Had a HUGE Mdot tattoo on her calf.

Downer of the night was the typical blinged out Texas woman from the Woodlands who addressed the crowd.  Gold sparkly cowboy hat, rhinestone denim jacket, etc.  Taught everyone from out of town how to say "Yeeeeehaaaaaawwwwww."  Ugh.  No pics. 

Water temp at 9 yesterday was 75, it was 80+ by 3.

Nice easy session in the pool this morning, and I may squeeze in a light bike or run later on today.  Real excited about Sunday.

With the HR strap is $337 which is still a good deal.