Revolution Two-Thirds
Sunday, June 28th, 2009
It was a beautiful day out on the Rev3 course. I’ve been in a major training slump lately and had a major “what the hell am I even doing here?” moment at about mile 5 of the bike. My body just wasn’t there. Thankfully after a few good standing hil climbs and spiking up to z5, I was back in the game 100%. Nothing like some hurtin’ to snap things right back into place.
Minus a few mojitos yesterday, I was all about the pre-workout hydration. I sucked down a bunch of water and gatorade throughout the day, before I went to bed, and as soon as I woke up. It had a major impact on my bike hydration. I was back on schedule, doing one bottle per hour and I was a happy little camper.
Now the run? Not so much. I took in about a half a bottle of gatorade in T2 (the trunk of my car) and carried another bottle of gatorade with me. I felt a lot better starting the run this time than during Rev3, and was totally psyched. I didn’t even need that much extra water, and ended up just swirling it around in my mouth and spitting it out to wet my lips.
That was until my stomach totally cramped up. I think once my HR jumped up during the run, the mix of Infinit, water, GU and gatorade was just too sugary and it seized up. The rest of the run sucked, but at least I learned something. I felt like crap as I shuffled back to the car. I couldn’t even listen to the radio. The noise was pounding through my skull. I got home and took in two glasses of water to dilute the sugary sludge in my stomach, and I was back to normal again.
Next try, JUST water on the run, and maybe a GU or two depending on how I feel. If I can get this down before Timberman in August, I should be ready to tear it up. This is the last piece of the puzzle to fall in place (I hope…).
Category : Training Log, Triathlon
Tags: BRick workout, gatorade, infinit, stomach cramps, Triathlon, triathlon nutrition
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Ok, how on earth did you find you way back around the rev3 bike course. I would have been standing at every intersection going “did I go right, did I go left??”.
My philosophy is to stop drinking calories 30 minutes or 10 miles before the end of the bike. I may sip slight amounts of water. Then I don’t pick up with any more calories until the end of mile 1 of the run. Gotta let the tummy settle and deal with the hul-aa-ba-loo of transition and getting started on the run. I also stick to water on the run but that’s more because I like gels and every time I grab a Gatorade I have the desire to dump it over my head which makes things…sticky…?!
Sounds like you need a little break, maybe. Last year, I was totally done by the end of July. My training was all but over. I didn’t care about racing. And I think it would have eased if I had just taken a couple weeks off in the middle of the season.
Just one more thing to figure out in pulling this crazy sport together.
first, loving the new site!
second, you are right about taking in nutrition – ideally you should be taking in nutrition when you are about 80% max heartrate, so on the run wait until you settle into your run pace and your heart rate acclimates to the spike.
way to get back out there on that course!
Jamie,
Next time try skipping the 12 ounces of gatorade @ T2 and see if that helps with the cramping. Put that fluid in a waistbelt for the run and start to drink it one you’re a mile or so in. That might help with the sloshing. ….might not. But it’s worth a shot
toby
Agreed. I think because my bike drink is so packed full of calories, my stomach will need a little break when my HR spikes during the run. Hopefully a little rest or switching between water and gatorade will fix things up. Hopefully a few more final tests before Timberman will have everything squared away.
I remember hearing somewhere that since your avg HR on the run is higher on than on the bike, your stomach isn’t able to take in water/calories as fast.