Ironman Coeur d'Alene : Official Thread (Page 3)

My brother went with a complete liquid diet for IM St. George last year and kicked my butt.  I may try it at IMCDA but will need the right mix of shakes and plenty of water to make it work.

I tried using only infinite nutrition on the bike at Lake Placid in 2006. it really didn't work for me.  i have learned over the years to live off of the course.  bottle preparation and worrying about powder and mixing it on the course is a nightmare for me.  i prefer to just go.  I'm not saying I like IM Perform.  I just deal with it.

Are you a heavy sweater?  Check your sweat rate and determine how much fluid you should be replacing and then adjust a bit based on heat and humidity. 

PS.  I spent 3 hours in the med tent at IMLP 2006 and haven't had infinite nutrition since then.  I know it wasn't the infinite, but I just can't stomach the stuff anymore. 

Good to know.  I'm going to do some experimenting this summer while it's warm to try some different things out. 

Thanks.  Yes, heavy sweater unfortunately.  The problem for me is knowing how to adjust for weather.  All of my training rides were fine, but they were all under 65 degrees and then race day wasn't much warmer, but I had stomach issues the day before and I think that started out the problem.  Lessons learned, but I think still a lot to learn before next year.

I used Infinit exclusively for my IM last year and it worked out fine with me.  I have been using it for a couple of years.  You have the ability to talk with a person on their website about your event distances, etc along with your body make up, sweat rate etc and they will help you design a personal powder for you.  They have great reviews and I have only heard of positives from them.  They can set up all of calories, electrolytes, etc you need based off the information you provide them.

Thanks for posting this I will be curious to hear what you think of it because 13,000 feet of elevation change in 112 miles sure sounds like a crap ton to me. This is far from the pancake flat course that people were thinking in the beginning that the course was going to become.

That would give this course more elevation gain than lake placid and probably put it close to St. George.  Wow. 

Wow, guess I did not drive far enough out on 95.  If that's true this is going to be a killer course.  And I agree with Flydoc, people are going to be hitting some really fast speeds on the descents.

achen2iron - 2011-07-22 11:52 PM Did ride this morning on "new" course. Rode from just south of CDA down to the Worley Fire Station and back. 18 miles each way. Here is the link to my Garmin info: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/101153105I think the elevation is accurate. Hills are pretty gradual since it is a highway. It's going to be a fast course. The shoulder is mega wide in most spots. It's fog line, 3-4" then rumble strip then several feet of shoulder. The down side is it is full of gravel and stuff. Not much traffic at 7AM on a Sat. morning and very few cross streets. I didn't feel like the down side of that Mica grade is going to be that hazardous. It is very easy to hold a line. Unfortunately I have a compact double thinking I was going to be riding the other course for the next few years so I am pushing a whole lot of nothing on the descents The scenery is still nice if you ignore the guard rails and such. Here are a couple photos:

Awesome thanks so much for riding it and posting that file. Glad to hear that it isn't going to be the 13,000 feet of climbing that the original course posting showed