okay, so as bug bunny would say, this is it!.....20 some days to ironman, the long dayz of training are pretty much over, we're into big time tapering mode, and nothing i can do now will get me through ironman......but who knows, maybe there's a few things....
the only thing i do know, that almost everything is coming down to just how much can i possibly eat?.....when i'm recovering, and during the race...right now, after a pretty interesting day of riding and running....i'm just eating. eating everything and anything thing that remotely looks like food. some of it good, some of it not so good. some of it i'm pretty sure i'll regret in the morning. but i'm hungry, i know i lost a few pounds on this morning's ride, and i need to put that stuffing back in. it's all about calories baby, and energy, and stuff i'll need to burn during tomorrow's run.
and it's all about what i eat during the ride. 2day was okay. i didn't seem to lose much weight at all, i drank a lot, ate a bit, and felt okay. i think i've found stuff i like....banana flavored nuun, caffe latte perpetuem, water and gatorade...stuff i like, stuff i actually seem to crave, and nothing that's been too hard on my gut.
the biggest surprise has been the perpetuem. i was warned about it, and a few people advised me against using it, but i like the taste, it's easy to make, and i think it's giving me some of the calories i need. and i like the taste. a lot like chocolate milk actually, or maybe more like quick mixed in milk...now i'm not really sure about running after drinking a ton of it, but it seems to be fine, so far.
the thing is, according to everything i've read, it seems like i need to take in somewhere between 2800 to 3000 calories on the bike. along with the stuff i've listed, i've tried adding fig newtons, which were good, gels, sharkies, and other easy stuff to carry and use. i can't handle dry stuff, potatoes, bagels, whatever...think i wanna try peanut and honey sandwiches, maybe this week, but that's what i've got to work with. i get the feeling that on race day my bike is going to look like an all you can eat buffet, but i think as long as i have choices, a variety, i'll be fine.i hope.
tomorrow's going to be an important day. i had a great sunday morning run last week, and i definitely need another one this week. about 21+k would be nice, somewhere around 2 hours would be great..but i seriously wanna feel good after. that's my key.
i don't know what i've gotten myself into here...why a triathlon?....and i'm seriously wondering what my answer will be during the bike, or more likely on the run? when i ask myself, why am i doing this?...my pat answer is, because it's fun...it's not a fitness thing, it's not about me trying the prove anything, it's not a stamp on my life just turning over the digits to 50, it's not me trying the prove myself to myself, or to anyone, it wasn't a challenge? i just find this all fun?....i've thought about that during my last 2 1/2 ironman races in stony plain...it just feels so cool to hit the water and swim, draft behind a bunch of other people doing the same thing, i like the sites, the sounds, and once on the bike, i just like riding, i love hitting the hills, i love speeding down the other side of those hills, the transitions are fun, watching other people, other friends racing and enjoying themselves, it's just, um, fun. and even though i've been sucking on the run lately, i don't even mind that. just as long as i keep moving, drinking, eating and taking it all in...it's fun....and of course there's the crossing that finish line. what a rush!.....but why?...maybe i can figure that all out before august 30th....hopefully. i'm thinking that would be the wrong time to find that answer.......or maybe the ace itself, is the answer?
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