Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 81)

Plastic bag in your back pocket for the PB&J sandwich. This requires some sort of tri/bike shirt however. I love PB&J on my long rides. Protein, carbs, and some sugar baby!

GTL baby GTL!!

Why only 6 fig newtons? I would bring the whole box if I could fit it in a cycling jersey.

Also what is an appropriate amount of calories that should be consumed per hour? I have heard it's around 300 that your body can effectively handle. I know if several people who use carbo pro and often wonder if they are taking in too many calories per hour for long distance races such as IM or even long training days. I saw someone mentioned 6 scoops of carbo pro, how many calories is that? Sounds like a lot.

I take a gel flask...filled w 2 scoops of perpetum and 1 serving of hammer gel. I have some nature valley granola bars. I also keep 1 aerodrink full of H20, 1 bottle filled w h20, and 1 bottle filled w HEED and Endurolytes. Yes im a Hammer Nutrition junkie
I take in around 270-300 calories/hour depending on conditions

Seriously. I step away from BT for like, three hours, and we go over 100 pages. WTF?

OK, now I have to go read what EVERYONE wrote. SIGH. (yay).

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I'm okay with a placebo effect, I do *feel* a mental boost about 15-20 minutes after a 50 mg gel.  And I luuuuuv it!!! =)

I dare you to rock the Speedo!

People doing 5 or 6 scoops of CP in a bottle are making a super concentrated bottle to last them several hours.  So I take a swig of my nutrition bottle along with a few swigs of water from my water bottle to dilute it.  I pick up a new water bottle whenever I need it at the aid stations.  Pick up my bottle of CP for loop 2 at special needs.  I think Fred makes one that lasts him the entire ride.  If I biked a little faster I might be able to do that!  For the concentration I make it, I know I need about 1/3 of the CP bottle gone per hour, so I just sip on it taking a swig every 10-15 mins, and usually I'm pretty close.  On long unsupported rides I bring a zip lock bag of my CP so I can mix a second concentrated bottle while I'm out there (stopping at gas stations to buy water).   If I needed food for variety i took a couple bites of banana from an aid station.

I don't know how many calories exactly, I just try in the 60g CHO/hr range.  Between my CP mix & gels, I hit that easily.  Ideal scenario is to nail it, but IMO it's easier to fix it if you've underfueled than if you overfueled and are now puking.  I feel better on slightly less than I do slightly more. 

Oh yeah, and I back off a ton in the last hour on the bike.  I have almost nothing the last 30 mins except for very small swigs of water if I feel like i need it.  I HATE a sloshy stomach for a run, I hate feeling full, etc. 

All just what I do.

I thought DC was!

OK. Hair bumps. Fist pumps. I'm all caught up.

So, random question: why fig newton's? Are they like some sort of tri super food I don't know about (the way double stuffed Oreo's are a century ride super food?).

I'm all for trying them, just wondering if there was some deeper nutritional reason than just "Yummy." 


ETA: 102! Wow, this is SO like TAN. Except cooler.

Edited by swishyskirt 2010-03-26 12:06 PM

Fig newtons are standard ride food around here.

Before gu's and all the fancy sports drinks there were Fig Newtons.  Long kept secret and a lot cheaper.  They digest well and are easy to carry.  I have been using them since the early 80’s.  It was Bananas, Fig Newtons and Gator Aid. 
 
TAN overrated, all talk.  LP thread is TRI WORLD!!!!!






Edited by tasr 2010-03-26 2:15 PM

Remember this commercial? I think I am going to buy some tonight. I need this for my Ipod.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyI3IL46yq4