Quote Originally Posted by sgf726 View Post
I did a seminar a couple of years ago with Dave Scott and one of the things he mentioned was not to eat in transition but to wait until 10 minutes into the bike or a mile into the run. He stated that allowing your body to get used to the next sport, helped with taking in the calories. Based on his advise what I know do, is instead of eating in transition I wait until 2 miles in on the bike and 1 mile in on the run and then have 100 calories.

It worked for me, not sure if it would helped for others.
I follow a pretty similar principle. During a sprint, if I eat, I eat after a couple miles on the bike when I'm settled into a rhythm, and usually skip it on the run. During an Olympic distance, I eat a couple times on the bike, then well into the run. During Half/Ironman, I don't eat until a few miles (~15min) into the bike, and I'll only take in liquid on the second mile on the run at soonest (depends on where I am time/calorie-wise, I eat on the clock on the bike).

The shorter the race, the less fatal a mistake on this kind of stuff is, but I always wonder.

And I, too, am not a talented or natural runner. I'm thinking about setting a lofty goal of trying to qualify for Boston as a way to focus on running. (That's scary to say out loud.) When I focus on running, I improve, but then I lose it quickly. I don't feel like that happens as much with the bike. At this point I've built up so much running and general endurance I feel like I'm not figuring out how to run, I'm just spinning my wheels and not getting faster. I guess even if I ever qualify for Boston I still have to find a way to maintain it.