banna Posted March 1, 2016 Posted March 1, 2016 a real stupid stupid question and please don't flame me as I am coming of an 17 hour plus week and feeling rather tender.i smoke.one of the most difficult issues for me is to be without a sigarette on race day.i can sort of survive the day without a smoke but when I run past a spectator who smokes all hell breaks loose in my mind.are you allowed to take a drag and race further or would that be taken as outside assistance.I was actually thinking along the same lines... just about beer....
IceCreamMan Posted March 1, 2016 Posted March 1, 2016 a real stupid stupid question and please don't flame me as I am coming of an 17 hour plus week and feeling rather tender.i smoke.one of the most difficult issues for me is to be without a sigarette on race day.i can sort of survive the day without a smoke but when I run past a spectator who smokes all hell breaks loose in my mind.are you allowed to take a drag and race further or would that be taken as outside assistance. haha , great question. I guess it could be construed as outside assistance however the judges are unlikely to caution you for it as we are age groupers and I guess you not gunning for a kona slot. Why not put a smoke in each transition bag and in your special needs bags so you have a couple to smoke while you out there. I aint ever seen anyone actually smoke in an event but loads do afterwards. The only rule I can think of is that you don't throw your stompie away as that would be littering. but I stand to be corrected on the rules.
Rocket-Boy Posted March 1, 2016 Posted March 1, 2016 a real stupid stupid question and please don't flame me as I am coming of an 17 hour plus week and feeling rather tender.i smoke.one of the most difficult issues for me is to be without a sigarette on race day.i can sort of survive the day without a smoke but when I run past a spectator who smokes all hell breaks loose in my mind.are you allowed to take a drag and race further or would that be taken as outside assistance.Get yourself an electronic and stick it in a transition bag, it should see you through if you are really battling.
banna Posted March 2, 2016 Posted March 2, 2016 Not gonna lie to you guys, but I'm feeling rather shattered this week. Zeeeeero energy. Please tell me we can start tapering soon....
IceCreamMan Posted March 2, 2016 Posted March 2, 2016 Not gonna lie to you guys, but I'm feeling rather shattered this week. Zeeeeero energy. Please tell me we can start tapering soon.... Some days (read most days) I am like a zombie come 6 pm...in bed by 8 and fast asleep by 8:01. But I wake up at 4 feeling like superman so I guess just shifted our normality to the left of the 24 hour clock. Tapering for me in 26 days...easter Monday will be my last hard session
banna Posted March 2, 2016 Posted March 2, 2016 Some days (read most days) I am like a zombie come 6 pm...in bed by 8 and fast asleep by 8:01. But I wake up at 4 feeling like superman so I guess just shifted our normality to the left of the 24 hour clock. Tapering for me in 26 days...easter Monday will be my last hard sessionJa, gonna take it easy this week, hopefully recover, give it (some) horns the following 2 weeks and then it is what it is.
banna Posted March 3, 2016 Posted March 3, 2016 Numbers out, that means taper starts soon1105 - hope that's a lucky number....
IceCreamMan Posted March 3, 2016 Posted March 3, 2016 1105 - hope that's a lucky number.... another youngster, I am 15 hundred something, same as last year.... deleted sms will have to go look at website again
Jewbacca Posted March 3, 2016 Posted March 3, 2016 760.... I am also starting the 'taper' the Day after Two Oceans... The foam roller will come out in force along with yoga, granny gear and time in the pool staying limber. It is getting very close indeed!
IceCreamMan Posted March 3, 2016 Posted March 3, 2016 760.... I am also starting the 'taper' the Day after Two Oceans... The foam roller will come out in force along with yoga, granny gear and time in the pool staying limber. It is getting very close indeed!Another youngster I feel old, very old
Jewbacca Posted March 3, 2016 Posted March 3, 2016 Another youngster I feel old, very oldhaha... I am a youngster. Sub vet goodness. Old? Pfffftt... I know some people younger than me who are 'old'... fat lazy and uninspired.
reteid Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 race number 1433 not sure if that makes me young or not but I felt very old after my lsd run on sunday.one more big week for me and then starting to back off.
IceCreamMan Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 race number 1433 not sure if that makes me young or not but I felt very old after my lsd run on sunday.one more big week for me and then starting to back off.1533... I am going to back off from Easter Monday.
T.XTERRA Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 Would like to know who is using what nutrition wise on race day. I have spent a lot of my training sessions conditioning myself through fasting and am now looking to put together a decent nutrion plan that I hope will 'super boost' my performance I have done some research but would like to hear how you guys are tackling your nutrition plans or if any of you have or have made individual super juices.ps my NUMBER is 898.
MK Killer Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 I tried High5 this weekend for the first time - overall I was not impressed. Given that it is what will be on course I must say I am disappointed. The gels - easy to get down which is a plus but they lack a distinctive punch and fuelling feeling that "normal GUs" do. This is evidenced by the fact they encourage their use EVERY 20 minutes - which for me seems insane. The energy bar - borderline inedible. Very sweet and just crap tasting. The drink - not bad / not great. I have used Pace and Power to date and feel its hydrating and sustenance qualities are far superior to that of High5. I was hoping to be able to "feed" off of what was going to be provided to us but now I think I will have to take almost ALL my nutrition with me. If anyone is looking for really good stuff I recommend Pace and Power - superb superb stuff, specifically designed for long endurance type events like IronMan, EPic etc
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