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…).
Tags: BRick workout, gatorade, infinit, stomach cramps, Triathlon, triathlon nutrition | Posted in Training Log, Triathlon | 5 Comments »
