Catching Up... T Minus 32 days to IMCdA

[Skeezix]

Wow, it's so close!

God, I love tapering.

[KSH]

Nice number Colby!

If you haven't been doing protein in training... I would say you might not want to try it on race day. Nothing new on race day.

I know for some, protein can upset their tummies.

I have some protein in my Infinit mix that I do, but I have lowered that a lot because I don't like the foam it produces in the drink. I also think it makes the drink taste funny.

Now I do the Accel gels with protein and my tummy does those fine. If you don't have a sensitive stomach you can probably pull those off race day.

But... nothing new race day.

[colby]

Nice number Colby!

If you haven't been doing protein in training... I would say you might not want to try it on race day. Nothing new on race day.

I know for some, protein can upset their tummies.

I have some protein in my Infinit mix that I do, but I have lowered that a lot because I don't like the foam it produces in the drink. I also think it makes the drink taste funny.

Now I do the Accel gels with protein and my tummy does those fine. If you don't have a sensitive stomach you can probably pull those off race day.

But... nothing new race day.

I have to mix up the protein drink the night before and let the foam reduce. The amount that is generated after that is pretty negligible, but I do have to mix and let it sit for about an hour. It's annoying. I do well with protein on the ride, even if I start out on a relatively empty stomach, but I do alternate every 15 minutes between just gels and drink with protein. I believe I was underfueled on my HIM anyway, and that will make a HUGE difference come the run on race day this time.

So far I can tolerate all gels I've tried (my stomach can, even if they taste terrible - curse you orange creamsicle flavor!!), and all sports drinks I've tried (though I am not a huge fan of lemon lime gatorade!), along with the protein on the ride... I just can't do solids. Maybe I'll pick some up and try them this weekend/next week and make a decision... I swear I'm making it all 26.2 gosh darn miles either way, and I can always go with my tried and true Hammer raspberry-banana. What's 5 more hours of raspberry-banana?

Weather looks nice today (today's run was in actual tri shorts and actual sleeveless shirt), but... WINDY. We can't win!

Yesterday I did get confirmation they are expecting the water to be sub-60 degrees, are requiring wetsuits, recommending neoprene caps, and allowing booties. I haven't swam with booties before... anyone have thoughts on that? I will definitely score a couple neoprene caps before I go out swimming this weekend (I WILL swim in open water this weekend).