Imaz 07, Version Dnf.0

[colby]

Wow Denise, what a race report. The comment from the little girl about how you were sick... it's amazing how kids can sum it all up so quickly and effectively!

We should all hope we have your courage. As a competitor, it's so hard to walk away, you've invested your entire self in finishing. Congratulations on having that courage to do what's best for yourself.

And... here's to IMAZ 08!!! You BOTH will kick serious butt.

[Running Mommy]

In my book a 24 hour mtb bike race is WAAAAAYYY harder than an IM!!
My husband loves mtn biking with his heart and soul, but I just cannot do it. I've tried, but I'm a skeerdy cat! Give me terra firma TYVM! No technical stuff for this kid. The most I will do is fire trails, or real mellow singletrack.
But yeah, you are a STUD for doing that! And I really hope that what happened didn't contribute to that nasty crohns!
I feel for you with that. It sounds like a HORRIBLE thing! My co worker has lupus, and she goes through a lot with that. I imagine that though the disease is different, the forced change of lifestyle is much the same.
As you send them to me, I send them back to you.....
~~~~~~ flutterybys~~~~~~~
Denise

Oh- and to everyone else. I know what made me sick. The lack of proper hydration/nutrition on the bike. My tummy shut down. And the more I tried to take stuff in the worse it got.My gut became bloated. I think I should have passed by a couple of aid stations and let what was in my stomach absorb before I tried to take more in. Souds counter intuitive, but I think that was the course I should have taken.

[teigyr]

Denise,

I appreciate your honest and detailed report of the race.

I have never done your degree of racing or endeavors but I agree with your assessment as to what happened. I've noticed when I've done distance cycling, if I don't drink/eat when I am programmed to do it (ie if I say I'm going to drink water every 10 min and Cytomax every 20 and eat every 30) because I feel too good or I'm distracted, it can kick my backside. The only time I've really lost it was because I was doing an awesome average and thought by drinking, I'd slow down. I felt great until it happened too....and then it was miserable. Another time I did 100 miles with no stopping because I was going fast and didn't feel like it. The next day was bad, I was shaking and worthless.

That's awesome that you will have a partner in training! And I am positive that next year will be awesome. I'm proud of your determination

[PinkBike]

denise,
i just read your IMAZ tale, and i must say i was impressed!
i was riding home from church that day around noon or so, that would be going northwest from chandler to scottsdale. i ran into the IMAZ group cycling down mcclintock, and i must say the wind was as bad as i think ive ever been in. so i go home and take a nap, then i head out for our sunday nite group (by auto and again to chandler) and get stuck in traffic on rio salado, watching all these gorgeous bikes go by, as i get redirected all over creation but the bikes were just awesome so i was happy just to idle in my convertible and watch them go by. DH and i are going "oh wow that kestrel is gorgeous,"and "honey check out that cervelo."
so we leave group at about 8:30 that night and we're driving home down priest i think and we still see people running under the lights to finish the race. you people are so amazing!!
anyway, i always thought this might be something i want to do. but the run scares me.
were you scared to try? how did you get started? i thought about getting one of those books about how to train, would that be helpful?
what do you think?