Steelhead

Well done Matt and Stef. I'd like to stick with the timing chip rumour but unfortunately that was not it. I went really easy on the swim and the first 2 hours of the bike and was feeling great. Then I started with severe gut issues. My stomach would not empty and I had to stop drinking. I felt like I was toast when I got off the bike but I started the run to see how it would feel. I managed to slosh and burp my way through the first loop of the run, but my stomach would not process anything. I was trying to vomit but was not able. So I walked back to transition instead of starting the second loop. Back at transition I had some coke and that seemed to fix it. Once I had rehydrated I felt human again.

Today I feel fine physically and had to stop myself from doing a workout. I think its time to give up on living off the course and look into options like Infinit. I don't know if it was coincidence, but for the first 1.5 hours on the bike I was using my own mix of lemon lime Gatorade Endurance that I train with. When it ran out I picked up a bottle of orange GEF at an aid station and that seemed to be the start of my problems.

Thankfully Muskoka does not use GEF so I should be ok there without a new hydration plan.