Power bar gel Blasts

[Veronica]

Some of us are on vacation... I do feel guilty about the number of showers I take some days though. I shower after I run or ride in the morning. Then if I'm meeting with the trainer in the afternoon, I shower after my session with her. Don't even suggest Navy showers... hot water makes my sore muscles happy.

V.

[Blueberry]

Some of us are on vacation... I do feel guilty about the number of showers I take some days though. I shower after I run or ride in the morning. Then if I'm meeting with the trainer in the afternoon, I shower after my session with her. Don't even suggest Navy showers... hot water makes my sore muscles happy.

V.

I feel guilty too - but not that guilty I sweat when I ride. A lot. So, if I'm running errands by bike, etc. there will be a shower after the ride. If we walk (or do another ride), I shower again. I do try to keep them short....

[OakLeaf]

I feel guilty too - but not that guilty I sweat when I ride. A lot. So, if I'm running errands by bike, etc. there will be a shower after the ride. If we walk (or do another ride), I shower again. I do try to keep them short....

I amazed myself yesterday. I went out for my run, and when I came back the plumber was in our motel room fixing the tub leak we'd told the front desk about. This is an older property, so he had to turn the water off to the ENTIRE COMPLEX to work on our room We had about 20 minutes to get dressed and get to where we needed to be, and I couldn't even wash my face. The housekeepers let me use a room they were cleaning, to change in. And y'know what? it was fine. I felt really gross for about the first hour, then I got over it. I don't eat much animal products and I sweat heavily, so (I'm saying this myself, but I've heard it from others too) I don't really smell.

So I'm going to try to be better in the future about taking two showers in the same day - now that I know I can do it and not rot from within

[maillotpois]

Just to bring this every so slightly back on topic , while we were away in bend after the Death Ride, we received our big Power bar shipment with some new products we're testing for our team for next year (and yes, we got a couple of big boxes of the Gel blasts, because Pine Sol and all I like them! And isn't that what reallly counts? ).

So..... for pre-ride/lunch, I am eating a PB Energize Fruit Smoothie bar, which in addition to a bunch of vitamins and minerals also has a lot of fruit in it and is pretty tasty. I have some PB Hydration in the bottle and will be using the standby PB Endurance drink for the ride I am about to go on. When I come back, I'll try the new PB Recovery bar which looks pretty good. (And then I'll have a lovely recovery drink from the Deschutes brewery stash.)

I've also got a pretty snazzy new kit! This is the first year ever their clothing has been at all appealing. So I'll wear that on my ride....

In the interest of full disclosure, we are sponsored by PB as TNT coaches and receive a large allotment of product every year - but the only reason I put the Gel Blast recommendation up was because I actually liked the product and it's new. I don't recommend stuff I don't like - and I certainly don't recommend stuff just because we're sponsored. We get a lot of product from them, for which I am very very grateful because it offsets the costs of providing SAG food to our Death Ride team every year.

[jobob]

For those so inclined, MP's pine sol pops are on sale at Chainlove.