kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2013 (Year 3!) - CLOSED (Page 44)

But you look 29.  

Karen - I am considering.  I would be doing that as a training race, then Rev3 Venice, FL as my last race.  However, both are month-end races and will affect month-end close for my job ... so not sure.

That would be awesome to have a cheer squad though!!!

Jen - What was your opinion on Cedar Point? 

Someone else who has to plan trips around month end close - I've been doing that for 25 years!!! I completely understand. I practically have to be on life support to miss month end.

With that said I think you should do it - I want to meet you! Just sign up and then ask for the time off. =)

Keep fighting.  That's no fun.  

Take it easy. I have a pretty strong immune system too, but whatever is floating around this year got me good & I was miserable for 2 weeks.

X2 -- REST.  There's no point in pushing your body and getting sicker. 

Well they're really two different products.  Infinit will get you all the calories you need plus electrolytes for the race.  So in essence it eliminates the need for gels or food or whatnot.  I like Perform just fine, I prefer EFS.  If you have enough time you can train your stomach to deal with just about anything.

I'd track your food intake w/o changing anything for two weeks and see if you're severely deficient anywhere and go from there.  You could just be a guy who carries a slight build.  Also be mindful to see if you feel any less energetic/your workouts suffer moving forward. 

Carrying is tough.  I've ejected bottles so many times.  Plus you have to carry a fair amount of wait and stop of special need (things I don't like to do). Even if you want to start with Infinit (which is a really good product) I think you should be prepared to use perform.  The other thing is that over a 5-6 hour bike, I find I want to eat something "real" (or at least chew-able) for at least part of the time, going all liquid could be tough.

What kind of cookies....I used to eat very special cookies and recall liking them very much...which led to eating very special Doritos.

I have a "cookie lady" who does custom cookies.  I was going to have her make cookies with the race logo. 

These are the ones she did for my 1/2 marathon in September

Those are very cool. And not at all like the very special cookies I recall enjoying a number of years ago.

See we had very special brownies that led to special trips to the closest taqueria.