Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 89)

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Thanks for this advice - I was planning on doing something similar. Do the perform bottles they are handing out fit into a standard water bottle cage if you want to take an extra?

Yep, me too. One torpedo bottle on the aerobars- although I might roll out of T1 with an empty second cage on my down tube just in case I want to hang on to a bottle of water between aid stations at some point during the race. That a good idea? I want to stay as light and aero as possible.

I was wondering the same thing about the perform bottles - I just got a couple of cases to train with from here on out - they seem to fit in the cages pretty well (although I wouldn't trust them if you are running rear-mounted torpedo launchers) but they come with screw off caps - do they have "sports tops" on them for the race?

I'm going very minimalistic with hydration as I do with every race.  I try not to use my bike as a pack mule.  I'm going with a bottle of concentrated infinit on the downtube and a bottle of water between the aero bars. 

Then all I'll do is fill the water when needed and switch the infinit bottle at special needs. 

hey all!

anyone else enter the, "I feel like $hit stage?"

I'm there right now...tired, slow moving, a bit cranky/on edge......

the best part is coming out of this and getting coming into form, which we all will!!!

1 more week until I hit LP!......hope everyones taper is going well....

X2 1 water bottle to refill and or relace and 1 concentrated perpetuem bottle to swap at half way

docswim24 - 2011-07-12 7:20 AM

cusetri - 2011-07-12 5:41 AM

hey all!

anyone else enter the, "I feel like $hit stage?"

I'm there right now...tired, slow moving, a bit cranky/on edge......

the best part is coming out of this and getting coming into form, which we all will!!!

1 more week until I hit LP!......hope everyones taper is going well....

I am in the back and forth stage - one workout I am ready to crush it, the next I can't get out of my own way. So right where I should be.

Same as the doc.  I actually felt a little sluggish a couple weeks ago but this past week have been feeling good.  I don't do a long taper though.  More like 9/10 days starting end of the week.  I've been backing off just a bit on intensity here and there to make sure I don't dig myself a hole though.  I feel like I'm on track.

My mind turns to mush on long rides so I need simple.  I have three pre-mixed Infinit bottles (two in Xlab wing and one on cage).  Each is marked with 5 lines and my Garmin beeps every 15 minutes to drink a certain amount.  Get my water and fuel and no guesswork (finally got my mix right) and do it based on time rather than distance.  I'm not fast enough (or skinny enough) to worry about lugging the extra ounces up the hills affecting my time   Figure I lost 40 lbs since last year so carrying the extra pound or two is still a bonus lol... Will swap them out with replacements at SN.

If it is humid I have a small bottle of Endurolytes that I supplement with on the hour, but generally not necessary with my current mix.

Speaking of being a sherpa, what do you guys carry for a toolkit?  Mine is pretty simple (small multi-tool, spare tube with valve extension mounted, and a tire lever).  XLab wing has the CO2 cartridges on it.  Just don't know how frequent the sag wagons are for support if something happens.

I found myself telling my bike to "F-Off" this morning as well as mumbling some other choice words at it before my ride.  We used to be so close!  So i'd say "yes!"  I'm ready to get this done!