Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 82)

Monty - 2010-03-26 2:59 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

Dream Chaser - 2010-03-26 2:30 PM

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Ummm... no I don't remember ever seeing that commercial.  You guys are old!!!  I'm surprised that commercial's not in black & white!!

JoshKaptur - 2010-03-26 11:46 AM

Fig newtons are standard ride food around here.

gopennstate - 2010-03-26 2:11 PM

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Pretty sure I wasn't born when that came out....  

Monty - 2010-03-26 3:39 PM That's right... you guys are more the Care Bears/Smurf's generation. Should I play a Hanson song for you? Mmmmm bop....

jazz82482 - 2010-03-26 5:14 PM Wanna know what makes fig newtons so crunchy?

"If you made Fig Newtons for a living and you wanted to know how many insects could get into your Newtons without your getting into hot water with the FDA, you could look it up on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Food Defect Action Levels Web site. Here you would learn that fig paste is allowed to have up to 13 insect heads per 100 grams.

" Source: http://www.salon.com/health/col/roac/2000/01/14/filth_lab/print.htm... Ew.

I learned that 6 years ago and have never had a fig newton since.

 BTW- do you people work?? I think we average like 5 pages a day. This is most definitely the TAN of Ironman...or IronTAN....

tasr - 2010-03-26 10:42 AM

Here is some Electro BOOOOOOOOOGALLOOOOOOOOOOO!!! For your Friday workouts.
 
Mr. Meeble - Dragonfly (Live at The Phix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7biGBcbocL8

enjoy

jackjack - 2010-03-26 3:22 PM

Oh I'd forgotten about Fig Newtons.  I used to use them til they got so yummy I'd eat them all and there would be none left for my long rides so then kept them out of the house.

Revisiting my nutrition this year I'm wondering  if they're the way to go - they're so soft and easy to eat compared to chewy power bars and sticky gels.
So I went and put some in my trolley (cart to you Americans)- and even resisted my natural urge to go wholegrain -  got to the checkout, foolishly looked at the ingredients and they had HFCS.  Yikes that's against all my current "clean" eating.
So I ditched them but am in big dilemma land and maybe will go back and get them to try on my long ride this week
I'm doing NOLA 70.3 in a couple of weeks so want to "decide" on nutrition plan before then to test it out there.

Gatorade E, water, electrolyte tabs and fig newtons.  What do you reckon? (this is for bike part)

swishyskirt - 2010-03-26 5:36 PM Having hopped onto the Fig Newton bandwagon (if it's good enough for the oldies fasties, it's good enough for me!), I did a little research. Fig Newman's (clever name, huh?) don't have any HFCS. They're organic and free range and stuff.

http://www.newmansownorganics.com/food_fignewmans.html

bryancd - 2010-03-26 8:05 PM I reckon my Mom set two AG world records in Kona in the '80's eating them. I rekon back when she was a 40 something housewife she could beat half the men posting in this thread. How do you like them figs now?

swishyskirt - 2010-03-26 5:36 PM Having hopped onto the Fig Newton bandwagon (if it's good enough for the oldies fasties, it's good enough for me!), I did a little research. Fig Newman's (clever name, huh?) don't have any HFCS. They're organic and free range and stuff.

http://www.newmansownorganics.com/food_fignewmans.html

KathyG - 2010-03-26 11:05 PM They also have Strawberry or Raspberry Newtons. My personal favorites for bike rides are Raspberry.

I don't remember that commercial but I do recall the jingle.

PennState - 2010-03-27 6:06 AM Never tried fig newton's on the bike, but I sure do like insect heads so I'm going to give them a try soon