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2018-06-01 7:52 AM
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Originally posted by glfprncs Last day of work for the year! Let the 62 day weekend commence at 3:00 p.m. EST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We all love our jobs, don't we?

Yes we all love our jobs so much we can hardly wait to go back! This was our first week off and I need a vacation from my vacation already! We're putting our house on the market so we can downsize. It's exhausting. We leave for a week long vacation in Boston tomorrow and I'm so not ready.

But your are staying in CO, right? Is Greg also retiring? How are the pups?



2018-06-01 7:53 AM
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Originally posted by tomsimper My son who is 7 is doing his first triathlon tomorrow, its not long only 25m swim, 1k bike and 500m run. I think I am more excited about it than any event I have done for myself! Good luck to anybody who is racing over the weekend!

Awesome! We love Manatees In Training!

2018-06-01 9:43 AM
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Originally posted by tomsimper My son who is 7 is doing his first triathlon tomorrow, its not long only 25m swim, 1k bike and 500m run. I think I am more excited about it than any event I have done for myself! Good luck to anybody who is racing over the weekend!

Oh, how fun!  Good luck to him!

2018-06-01 12:34 PM
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Racing Manatees!!!

June 2-3
Manatee-in-Training Simper - Kid's Tri on Sunday
Janyne - Race 13.1 Raleigh on Saturday
Anne - Dirty Kanza 200 all weekend
Jen - Escape from Alcatraz (Swim + Run on relay team) on Sunday

Is anyone else racing?

2018-06-01 1:03 PM
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Originally posted by jmkizer

Racing Manatees!!!

June 2-3
Manatee-in-Training Simper - Kid's Tri on Sunday
Janyne - Race 13.1 Raleigh on Saturday
Anne - Dirty Kanza 200 all weekend
Jen - Escape from Alcatraz (Swim + Run on relay team) on Sunday

Is anyone else racing?

What a nice group of races (and racers!)!!  Good luck and have fun all! Special go-get-'em to our Manatee-in-Training Simper!

2018-06-01 1:24 PM
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Originally posted by jmkizer

Racing Manatees!!!

June 2-3
Manatee-in-Training Simper - Kid's Tri on Sunday
Janyne - Race 13.1 Raleigh on Saturday
Anne - Dirty Kanza 200 all weekend
Jen - Escape from Alcatraz (Swim + Run on relay team) on Sunday

Is anyone else racing?

Good stuff! Have fun y'all.  I am jealous of Jen's Escape from Alcatraz.



2018-06-01 3:24 PM
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Racing Manatees!!!

June 2-3
Manatee-in-Training Simper - Kid's Tri on Sunday
Janyne - Race 13.1 Raleigh on Saturday
Anne - Dirty Kanza 200 all weekend
Jen - Escape from Alcatraz (Swim + Run on relay team) on Sunday

Is anyone else racing?

Go Mini-Manatee Simper!!
Go Janyne!
Go Anne!
Go Jen!

Not racing but hopefully, weather permitting (and it's currently looking pretty iffy) riding 51 miles at the Pedal to Preserve tomorrow with EFP and a bunch of my friends.

2018-06-02 9:59 PM
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Originally posted by jmkizer

Racing Manatees!!!

June 2-3
Manatee-in-Training Simper - Kid's Tri on Sunday
Janyne - Race 13.1 Raleigh on Saturday
Anne - Dirty Kanza 200 all weekend
Jen - Escape from Alcatraz (Swim + Run on relay team) on Sunday

Is anyone else racing?




Good Luck Racers!
2018-06-03 3:33 PM
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Happy Sunday afternoon Manatees!

I have a bike tech. question, so if that is your forte, please chime in.

Also, please note: I am ridiculously clueless with regards to anything technical. I only know what I wrote below because I can google. If I used incorrect terminology, please correct me so I don't make the same mistake again.

I ride a 2010 Felt B16. It has Shimano 105 components (10 speed) including an FSA chainring, 175mm, with 53/39T setup. The rear derailleur is a short cage, and the spec sheet online says the rear cassette is 11-25T.

I find too often that I wish I had another gear when climbing. On yesterday's ride, I found myself grinding it out at low RPM and 250+ watts on too many climbs. I stopped at my LBS on my way home to drop my bike off for her annual 'tune' but also asked them about different options for gearing. They claim I have an 11-23T rear cassette and that my only option would be to upgrade it to either an 11-25T or a 12-25T and that the bike wouldn't allow for an 27T cassette without changing the derailleur.

In reading online, the Shimano 105 short cage derailleur has either 29 or 33 teeth (I can't fine a definitive answer on which) and that if I subtract the difference in teeth from my front crankset and the difference in my rear cassette, as long as that number is less than 29 OR 33, I should be able to make the switch. I'd like an 11-27T or 12-27T if possible. That should be doable, right, even if the short cage derailleur only has space for 29?

Also, I RARELY ride my hardest gear. If I went from the 11 teeth sprocket to the 12 to make sure I have enough room on the derailleur, would I potentially regret it?

Edited by glfprncs 2018-06-03 3:41 PM
2018-06-04 2:09 AM
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Originally posted by jmkizer

Racing Manatees!!!

June 2-3
Manatee-in-Training Simper - Kid's Tri on Sunday
Janyne - Race 13.1 Raleigh on Saturday
Anne - Dirty Kanza 200 all weekend
Jen - Escape from Alcatraz (Swim + Run on relay team) on Sunday

Is anyone else racing?





Escape to Alcatraz is one of my bucket list of races as it looks amazing fun, was tracking it yesterday on Twitter so very jealous. Hope you had a great time doing it!

My lad did great and did it 11mins 31 seconds which was brilliant, he had so much fun and wants to do another but in his words "I don't want to swim in a dirty lake"


Hope everybody had a fantastic weekend and the Monday at work doesn't suck!
2018-06-04 8:42 AM
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Originally posted by glfprncs Happy Sunday afternoon Manatees! I have a bike tech. question, so if that is your forte, please chime in. Also, please note: I am ridiculously clueless with regards to anything technical. I only know what I wrote below because I can google. If I used incorrect terminology, please correct me so I don't make the same mistake again. I ride a 2010 Felt B16. It has Shimano 105 components (10 speed) including an FSA chainring, 175mm, with 53/39T setup. The rear derailleur is a short cage, and the spec sheet online says the rear cassette is 11-25T. I find too often that I wish I had another gear when climbing. On yesterday's ride, I found myself grinding it out at low RPM and 250+ watts on too many climbs. I stopped at my LBS on my way home to drop my bike off for her annual 'tune' but also asked them about different options for gearing. They claim I have an 11-23T rear cassette and that my only option would be to upgrade it to either an 11-25T or a 12-25T and that the bike wouldn't allow for an 27T cassette without changing the derailleur. In reading online, the Shimano 105 short cage derailleur has either 29 or 33 teeth (I can't fine a definitive answer on which) and that if I subtract the difference in teeth from my front crankset and the difference in my rear cassette, as long as that number is less than 29 OR 33, I should be able to make the switch. I'd like an 11-27T or 12-27T if possible. That should be doable, right, even if the short cage derailleur only has space for 29? Also, I RARELY ride my hardest gear. If I went from the 11 teeth sprocket to the 12 to make sure I have enough room on the derailleur, would I potentially regret it?

I am only responding to say I have no idea what you are talking about  Not really, I have an idea, but not enough technical know how to actually give advice, so I'll leave this for people like Chris and Janyne!  I have an 11-28 on my bike and there are some really steep climbs on some routes where i need all the gears!!



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2018-06-04 8:43 AM
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Originally posted by tomsimper
Originally posted by jmkizer

Racing Manatees!!!

June 2-3
Manatee-in-Training Simper - Kid's Tri on Sunday
Janyne - Race 13.1 Raleigh on Saturday
Anne - Dirty Kanza 200 all weekend
Jen - Escape from Alcatraz (Swim + Run on relay team) on Sunday

Is anyone else racing?

Escape to Alcatraz is one of my bucket list of races as it looks amazing fun, was tracking it yesterday on Twitter so very jealous. Hope you had a great time doing it! My lad did great and did it 11mins 31 seconds which was brilliant, he had so much fun and wants to do another but in his words "I don't want to swim in a dirty lake" Hope everybody had a fantastic weekend and the Monday at work doesn't suck!

Contrags to our M-i-T!! I agree with his sentiment of no dirty lake swims!!

2018-06-04 9:01 AM
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Subject: RE: Manatees - 2018 Edition Now CLOSED

Originally posted by glfprncs Happy Sunday afternoon Manatees! I have a bike tech. question, so if that is your forte, please chime in. Also, please note: I am ridiculously clueless with regards to anything technical. I only know what I wrote below because I can google. If I used incorrect terminology, please correct me so I don't make the same mistake again. I ride a 2010 Felt B16. It has Shimano 105 components (10 speed) including an FSA chainring, 175mm, with 53/39T setup. The rear derailleur is a short cage, and the spec sheet online says the rear cassette is 11-25T. I find too often that I wish I had another gear when climbing. On yesterday's ride, I found myself grinding it out at low RPM and 250+ watts on too many climbs. I stopped at my LBS on my way home to drop my bike off for her annual 'tune' but also asked them about different options for gearing. They claim I have an 11-23T rear cassette and that my only option would be to upgrade it to either an 11-25T or a 12-25T and that the bike wouldn't allow for an 27T cassette without changing the derailleur. In reading online, the Shimano 105 short cage derailleur has either 29 or 33 teeth (I can't fine a definitive answer on which) and that if I subtract the difference in teeth from my front crankset and the difference in my rear cassette, as long as that number is less than 29 OR 33, I should be able to make the switch. I'd like an 11-27T or 12-27T if possible. That should be doable, right, even if the short cage derailleur only has space for 29? Also, I RARELY ride my hardest gear. If I went from the 11 teeth sprocket to the 12 to make sure I have enough room on the derailleur, would I potentially regret it?

First, you can figure out what you have by counting the teeth on the cassette. If it's 23, the biggest cassette will have 23 teeth, etc.

What kind of crank do you have? A compact (50/34) or mid compact (52/36), this will also make a difference.

For me, I'd want a 11/27 or so cassette but that's just me.



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2018-06-04 9:53 AM
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Yesterday morning, Adam and I (along with a whole slew of other members of our tri club) volunteered at Bike Aid Station #2 at Ironman Raleigh. It was nice to catch up with a fellow Manatee while supporting the event.

I promised information about aid station offerings, this is what we had:

  • Clif Shot Blok, salted watermelon (I heard another station had citrus)
  • Clif Shot Energy Gel in vanilla and mocha
  • Clif bar minis in chocolate chip
  • Bananas
  • Water
  • Gatorade Endurance (orange)

My tri club has always done Bike #2 and my bike club has always done Bike #1. This year, whoever was supposed to handle Bike #3 dropped the ball. My tri club handled Bike #3 as well. And then we found out that they needed more volunteers on the run course so we handled run aid station 2! Crazy!

2018-06-04 10:06 AM
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Originally posted by jmkizer

Yesterday morning, Adam and I (along with a whole slew of other members of our tri club) volunteered at Bike Aid Station #2 at Ironman Raleigh. It was nice to catch up with a fellow Manatee while supporting the event.

I promised information about aid station offerings, this is what we had:

  • Clif Shot Blok, salted watermelon (I heard another station had citrus)
  • Clif Shot Energy Gel in vanilla and mocha
  • Clif bar minis in chocolate chip
  • Bananas
  • Water
  • Gatorade Endurance (orange)

My tri club has always done Bike #2 and my bike club has always done Bike #1. This year, whoever was supposed to handle Bike #3 dropped the ball. My tri club handled Bike #3 as well. And then we found out that they needed more volunteers on the run course so we handled run aid station 2! Crazy!

yikes, I hope they don't have that kind of trouble getting volunteers for Chatt!!  Good thing your tri club was there or there may have been a lot of angry racers 

Did anyone take (on purpose) the salted watermelon blok? It sounds yucky to me, but anything watermelon does, so maybe i'm not the best judge !

2018-06-04 10:10 AM
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Originally posted by amd723

Originally posted by jmkizer

Yesterday morning, Adam and I (along with a whole slew of other members of our tri club) volunteered at Bike Aid Station #2 at Ironman Raleigh. It was nice to catch up with a fellow Manatee while supporting the event.

I promised information about aid station offerings, this is what we had:

  • Clif Shot Blok, salted watermelon (I heard another station had citrus)
  • Clif Shot Energy Gel in vanilla and mocha
  • Clif bar minis in chocolate chip
  • Bananas
  • Water
  • Gatorade Endurance (orange)

My tri club has always done Bike #2 and my bike club has always done Bike #1. This year, whoever was supposed to handle Bike #3 dropped the ball. My tri club handled Bike #3 as well. And then we found out that they needed more volunteers on the run course so we handled run aid station 2! Crazy!

yikes, I hope they don't have that kind of trouble getting volunteers for Chatt!!  Good thing your tri club was there or there may have been a lot of angry racers 

Did anyone take (on purpose) the salted watermelon blok? It sounds yucky to me, but anything watermelon does, so maybe i'm not the best judge !

I did water so I don't know what food people took.

To me, the salted watermelon just tastes like a mild version of watermelon Jolly Rancher.

I don't know that they had trouble getting volunteers so much as problems with the station captains getting the word out. When our club president said, "You need to be doing this." We were pretty compliant. What makes it more impressive to me is that we had a whole lot of club members racing. We had 75+ people at the bike aid stations plus people at the run aid station. Plus people safety boating, etc. That means that almost everyone was racing or volunteering. WOW!



2018-06-04 11:12 AM
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Subject: RE: Manatees - 2018 Edition Now CLOSED

Originally posted by glfprncs Happy Sunday afternoon Manatees! I have a bike tech. question, so if that is your forte, please chime in. Also, please note: I am ridiculously clueless with regards to anything technical. I only know what I wrote below because I can google. If I used incorrect terminology, please correct me so I don't make the same mistake again. I ride a 2010 Felt B16. It has Shimano 105 components (10 speed) including an FSA chainring, 175mm, with 53/39T setup. The rear derailleur is a short cage, and the spec sheet online says the rear cassette is 11-25T. I find too often that I wish I had another gear when climbing. On yesterday's ride, I found myself grinding it out at low RPM and 250+ watts on too many climbs. I stopped at my LBS on my way home to drop my bike off for her annual 'tune' but also asked them about different options for gearing. They claim I have an 11-23T rear cassette and that my only option would be to upgrade it to either an 11-25T or a 12-25T and that the bike wouldn't allow for an 27T cassette without changing the derailleur. In reading online, the Shimano 105 short cage derailleur has either 29 or 33 teeth (I can't fine a definitive answer on which) and that if I subtract the difference in teeth from my front crankset and the difference in my rear cassette, as long as that number is less than 29 OR 33, I should be able to make the switch. I'd like an 11-27T or 12-27T if possible. That should be doable, right, even if the short cage derailleur only has space for 29? Also, I RARELY ride my hardest gear. If I went from the 11 teeth sprocket to the 12 to make sure I have enough room on the derailleur, would I potentially regret it?

I did some calculations based on what I found from ABI. A 12-27 would be fine, and 27 is as big as you can go. I don't think a 11 vs 12 tooth rear is going to affect you, since you rarely use the highest gear ratio, and probably don't "spin out" on it. An 11-27 won't work with your FSA chainring, although if you wanted to get nuts I guess you could start shrinking the chainrings up front. I'm guessing that is not in your wishlist though. A Shimano 105 12-27 cassette is available from REI for about $50.

 Please note that I consulted the Internet on some of this, so use at your own risk



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2018-06-04 11:48 AM
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Originally posted by jmkizer

Originally posted by amd723

Originally posted by jmkizer

Yesterday morning, Adam and I (along with a whole slew of other members of our tri club) volunteered at Bike Aid Station #2 at Ironman Raleigh. It was nice to catch up with a fellow Manatee while supporting the event.

I promised information about aid station offerings, this is what we had:

  • Clif Shot Blok, salted watermelon (I heard another station had citrus)
  • Clif Shot Energy Gel in vanilla and mocha
  • Clif bar minis in chocolate chip
  • Bananas
  • Water
  • Gatorade Endurance (orange)

My tri club has always done Bike #2 and my bike club has always done Bike #1. This year, whoever was supposed to handle Bike #3 dropped the ball. My tri club handled Bike #3 as well. And then we found out that they needed more volunteers on the run course so we handled run aid station 2! Crazy!

yikes, I hope they don't have that kind of trouble getting volunteers for Chatt!!  Good thing your tri club was there or there may have been a lot of angry racers 

Did anyone take (on purpose) the salted watermelon blok? It sounds yucky to me, but anything watermelon does, so maybe i'm not the best judge !

I did water so I don't know what food people took.

To me, the salted watermelon just tastes like a mild version of watermelon Jolly Rancher.

I don't know that they had trouble getting volunteers so much as problems with the station captains getting the word out. When our club president said, "You need to be doing this." We were pretty compliant. What makes it more impressive to me is that we had a whole lot of club members racing. We had 75+ people at the bike aid stations plus people at the run aid station. Plus people safety boating, etc. That means that almost everyone was racing or volunteering. WOW!




Yesterday was my first time volunteering so thanks so much Janyne for showing me the ropes! I really enjoyed talking with you and peppering you with triathlon questions. i definitely got my mentee time in. It was more fun than I expected, had a great sense of community, and I found it inspiring to see so many athletes getting it done out there. I'm really bummed IM is not hosting in Raleigh again next year and still haven't really heard why.

My impression was like yours - getting volunteers didn't sound like the problem. It was more that some group called dibs on staffing the aid station then failed to promote it enough within their group. Our Tri club is pretty large and went from calling from volunteers for aid station 2 to filling it, station 3, plus a run station all within a couple of days.

I'm not sure what food people took either, but there were a ton of gels and bananas left over. One perk of volunteering is that I probably brought home $20 worth of gels as they hand literally hundreds left over and seemingly couldn't give them away.

2018-06-04 12:24 PM
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Subject: RE: Manatees - 2018 Edition Now CLOSED

Originally posted by jmkizer

Yesterday morning, Adam and I (along with a whole slew of other members of our tri club) volunteered at Bike Aid Station #2 at Ironman Raleigh. It was nice to catch up with a fellow Manatee while supporting the event.

I promised information about aid station offerings, this is what we had:

  • Clif Shot Blok, salted watermelon (I heard another station had citrus)
  • Clif Shot Energy Gel in vanilla and mocha
  • Clif bar minis in chocolate chip
  • Bananas
  • Water
  • Gatorade Endurance (orange)

My tri club has always done Bike #2 and my bike club has always done Bike #1. This year, whoever was supposed to handle Bike #3 dropped the ball. My tri club handled Bike #3 as well. And then we found out that they needed more volunteers on the run course so we handled run aid station 2! Crazy!

Am I the only one who is picky about favors in gels and such? I super appreciate aid stations and volunteers, but I can't think of one time I've taken a gel because I only like a few flavors (chocolate/mint chocolate, pineapple, peanut butter) and they are never the ones at the aid stations. Most popular flavors (like berry, vanilla, lemon lime) make me literally gag or nauseous so I just always carry my own. Watermelon flavored anything is a huge NO GO for me. I do not love fruit when running, and bananas especially make me gag. I also cannot eat pretzels which are at most aid stations (Celiac) so out of luck there. A lot of people question why I carry all of my own run nutrition and that's why! I would rather carry all my gels than dry heave or bonk LOL!

2018-06-04 1:24 PM
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Originally posted by lisac957

Originally posted by jmkizer

Yesterday morning, Adam and I (along with a whole slew of other members of our tri club) volunteered at Bike Aid Station #2 at Ironman Raleigh. It was nice to catch up with a fellow Manatee while supporting the event.

I promised information about aid station offerings, this is what we had:

  • Clif Shot Blok, salted watermelon (I heard another station had citrus)
  • Clif Shot Energy Gel in vanilla and mocha
  • Clif bar minis in chocolate chip
  • Bananas
  • Water
  • Gatorade Endurance (orange)

My tri club has always done Bike #2 and my bike club has always done Bike #1. This year, whoever was supposed to handle Bike #3 dropped the ball. My tri club handled Bike #3 as well. And then we found out that they needed more volunteers on the run course so we handled run aid station 2! Crazy!

Am I the only one who is picky about favors in gels and such? I super appreciate aid stations and volunteers, but I can't think of one time I've taken a gel because I only like a few flavors (chocolate/mint chocolate, pineapple, peanut butter) and they are never the ones at the aid stations. Most popular flavors (like berry, vanilla, lemon lime) make me literally gag or nauseous so I just always carry my own. Watermelon flavored anything is a huge NO GO for me. I do not love fruit when running, and bananas especially make me gag. I also cannot eat pretzels which are at most aid stations (Celiac) so out of luck there. A lot of people question why I carry all of my own run nutrition and that's why! I would rather carry all my gels than dry heave or bonk LOL!




I usually carry my own too. Mostly because by bringing my own I know (a) that it'll taste good to me, (b) what effect it'll have on me, and (c) no need to worry about supply etc. In a full IM, it might not be possible, but I prefer just buying what I like and bringing it to finding out what each race provides (which isn't always easy with local races) and then buying and testing those. I'm with you - some of those fruit gels I've tried are disgusting! On the other hand, anything mocha/coffee/chocolate flavored with caffeine is usually right up my alley.

Having said this, I have taken gels on the course before, but I pocketed those and tried them later during training I'm not proud of it, but it's happened.
2018-06-04 1:35 PM
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Subject: RE: Manatees - 2018 Edition Now CLOSED

Originally posted by lisac957

Originally posted by jmkizer

Yesterday morning, Adam and I (along with a whole slew of other members of our tri club) volunteered at Bike Aid Station #2 at Ironman Raleigh. It was nice to catch up with a fellow Manatee while supporting the event.

I promised information about aid station offerings, this is what we had:

  • Clif Shot Blok, salted watermelon (I heard another station had citrus)
  • Clif Shot Energy Gel in vanilla and mocha
  • Clif bar minis in chocolate chip
  • Bananas
  • Water
  • Gatorade Endurance (orange)

My tri club has always done Bike #2 and my bike club has always done Bike #1. This year, whoever was supposed to handle Bike #3 dropped the ball. My tri club handled Bike #3 as well. And then we found out that they needed more volunteers on the run course so we handled run aid station 2! Crazy!

Am I the only one who is picky about favors in gels and such? I super appreciate aid stations and volunteers, but I can't think of one time I've taken a gel because I only like a few flavors (chocolate/mint chocolate, pineapple, peanut butter) and they are never the ones at the aid stations. Most popular flavors (like berry, vanilla, lemon lime) make me literally gag or nauseous so I just always carry my own. Watermelon flavored anything is a huge NO GO for me. I do not love fruit when running, and bananas especially make me gag. I also cannot eat pretzels which are at most aid stations (Celiac) so out of luck there. A lot of people question why I carry all of my own run nutrition and that's why! I would rather carry all my gels than dry heave or bonk LOL!

On the bike i can eat anything, but it better be processed before i start running b/c i do not do well with any type of nutrition running! Gels and the like are the worst for me.  I started to use UCANN for that reason. So far so good, but i haven't had a long bike, long brick run test to make sure.  I agree with you on the watermelon flavor - i do not likey at all!! 



2018-06-04 1:40 PM
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Originally posted by awm007
Originally posted by lisac957

Originally posted by jmkizer

Yesterday morning, Adam and I (along with a whole slew of other members of our tri club) volunteered at Bike Aid Station #2 at Ironman Raleigh. It was nice to catch up with a fellow Manatee while supporting the event.

I promised information about aid station offerings, this is what we had:

  • Clif Shot Blok, salted watermelon (I heard another station had citrus)
  • Clif Shot Energy Gel in vanilla and mocha
  • Clif bar minis in chocolate chip
  • Bananas
  • Water
  • Gatorade Endurance (orange)

My tri club has always done Bike #2 and my bike club has always done Bike #1. This year, whoever was supposed to handle Bike #3 dropped the ball. My tri club handled Bike #3 as well. And then we found out that they needed more volunteers on the run course so we handled run aid station 2! Crazy!

Am I the only one who is picky about favors in gels and such? I super appreciate aid stations and volunteers, but I can't think of one time I've taken a gel because I only like a few flavors (chocolate/mint chocolate, pineapple, peanut butter) and they are never the ones at the aid stations. Most popular flavors (like berry, vanilla, lemon lime) make me literally gag or nauseous so I just always carry my own. Watermelon flavored anything is a huge NO GO for me. I do not love fruit when running, and bananas especially make me gag. I also cannot eat pretzels which are at most aid stations (Celiac) so out of luck there. A lot of people question why I carry all of my own run nutrition and that's why! I would rather carry all my gels than dry heave or bonk LOL!

I usually carry my own too. Mostly because by bringing my own I know (a) that it'll taste good to me, (b) what effect it'll have on me, and (c) no need to worry about supply etc. In a full IM, it might not be possible, but I prefer just buying what I like and bringing it to finding out what each race provides (which isn't always easy with local races) and then buying and testing those. I'm with you - some of those fruit gels I've tried are disgusting! On the other hand, anything mocha/coffee/chocolate flavored with caffeine is usually right up my alley. Having said this, I have taken gels on the course before, but I pocketed those and tried them later during training I'm not proud of it, but it's happened.

For me, it's important to know if what I plan to use is at least compatible with what they are offering on course. If I someone lose your nutrition, I want to for the on course offerings to at least be a safety net.

2018-06-04 2:20 PM
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Subject: RE: Manatees - 2018 Edition Now CLOSED

A teammate posted this, thought that I'd share:

2018-06-04 2:23 PM
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Subject: RE: Manatees - 2018 Edition Now CLOSED

Originally posted by jmkizer

A teammate posted this, thought that I'd share:

Ha! I feel that way about Honey Stinger chews. They are legitimately a tasty snack any day of the week!

2018-06-04 4:40 PM
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Originally posted by lisac957

Originally posted by jmkizer

A teammate posted this, thought that I'd share:

Ha! I feel that way about Honey Stinger chews. They are legitimately a tasty snack any day of the week!


I may have been known to "snack" on cliff blocks when I have been craving sugar and had nothing else in the house.
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