Ironman Mont Tremblant : Official Thread (Page 5)

I am a loyal Infinit user, and if you are careful you can mix up a very concentrated bottle. The key is to start with very little liquid, add the Infinit, and rhen stir with a knife or something like that, the add more liquid and stir again. I use the large bags with 2 scoops equal to ~ 230 calories (my specific mix), and I can fit in at least 6 servings, so around 1,380 calories. Then I sip a bit every 15 minites as was mentioned, and take in some gatorade to dilute/wash it down.

So one bottle for the whole ride, and I grab a gatorade at most aid stations. I may leave a second Infinit bottle in my special needs bag, just in case something happens with the first, but otherwise I don't stop at SN. No stomach issues as long as I take in gatorade or water with every sip of Infinit. This has worked so far at all my IM races.

For sure, when I order the mix I lower the flavour to almost nothing. Still tastes a bit strong when so concentrated, which helps remind me to take in hydration at the same time. I have fruit punch flavour  but no matter what, by the end of 6 hours riding I am pretty ready to try some other flavour on the run. ??

I'm in for this year.  Not sure why I didn't catch this thread sooner.

Anyhow I live on the left coast so it's not really a convenient race for me, but one I've wanted to do for awhile.  Now let's just hope for good weather

Originally posted by trirun26

Originally posted by aviatrix802 I just signed up for the Toughman Tupper Lake Tinman this upcoming weekend...hey, it's in the plan, right?! haha Bit it hard on a dropped chain today an hour into a long ride. Torqued my seat sideways and didn't have an allen wrench to fix it so I coasted down to a local gas station and called the hubby and got a coffee. Got home, worked on the seat, temps climbed into the upper 80's and it was only 9:00. "Ozone warning" here today. I opted to run 5.5 with pickups and will get the long ride in tomorrow. I may pass by my chiropractor's on my ride to get cracked. After the fall the back isn't too happy. Everything else is good, just a few bumps and bruises including my ego. Have to put up a picture, just because.

Ouch! Glad it wasnt very bad! We are getting so close. Just ordered my long sleeve wetsuit, was hoping to be able to swim in sleevless but water temp is 62 in MT now and most prior racers have said their hands and feet were numb by the end. Any thoughts on this from prior racers in MT? We never use wetsuits in the swamp land so one more thing for me to get use to...in the pool at 5am so its only 85 degrees lol.. Love the pic!

I haven't raced in MT but I did Coeur d'Alene a couple years back when it was really really cold water.  53F at the shoreline and 47F at the turnaround point as I recall.  I'll be plenty happy with 62

Long sleeves are still a good idea; neoprene hat might be good too if you're not used to colder water.  I don't remember if it's a WTC rule or if it's per-race, but booties were also allowed at Coeur d'Alene that year.

I expect it'll probably warm up some between now and August, though.