Hi all,
I am swimming in the 3.5 mile Beach to Beach power swim in St. John this weekend. So far, the longest event I have been in is 2.4 miles. My concern for this 3.5 mile is a good nutrition program pre-race and some ideas for nutrition during the race. I started cramping (feet, hamstrings) at the end of the 2.4 mile. I realize some of this could be related to my kick. However, if their is a way to minimize this with good race nutrition, I want all the advice I can get. I have something of a program I follow. However, I don't want to describe it. I would rather have the pros on this site give me a fresh perspective.
Thanks,
T
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Chefster:
Please define "bonk." I have seen you use it in several posts and I am now pretty sure that it has nowhere near the meaning I thought it did.
tanks
Well without using the internet to freshen up my idea of it, I have always used the term to describe an over all feeling of lack of fuel to burn. I mean I can work till I fall over from exhaustion, but if my blood sugars run too low, and there is nothing left in the tank...well , I get this shaky weak feeling and can't do a dam thing except slow right down so that I am burning whats left at a very low rate.. It happens to me if I do a number of hard workouts through the week without eating enough...by the end of the week I could bonk on the last hard workout.
Last year I tried to loose that last couple pounds the week before an Olympic distance Tri. Ya, went on a diet before a big race ...dumb, really dumb...when I got out of the water and on to the bike the gas gage was already on empty..I was a well tuned 57 CHEVY Muscle car with no gas in the tank...I knew what happened immediatley and cursed myself for being so stupid about a couple pounds...I turned my bike around and DNFed.
I have been racing for 15 years, have always placed right up at the top of my AG ...but I always toy with the outer limits of things..like diet or lawn mowers.
Questions about it? Do a long run some night and don't eat much afterwards, sleep 8 to 10 hours and have a cup of coffee in the morning...go do a 40 mile bike moderatley hard with only water...chances are you will experience some bonk.:bed:
Chefster:
Please define "bonk." I have seen you use it in several posts and I am now pretty sure that it has nowhere near the meaning I thought it did.
tanks
Well without using the internet to freshen up my idea of it, I have always used the term to describe an over all feeling of lack of fuel to burn. I mean I can work till I fall over from exhaustion, but if my blood sugars run too low, and there is nothing left in the tank...well , I get this shaky weak feeling and can't do a dam thing except slow right down so that I am burning whats left at a very low rate.. It happens to me if I do a number of hard workouts through the week without eating enough...by the end of the week I could bonk on the last hard workout.
Last year I tried to loose that last couple pounds the week before an Olympic distance Tri. Ya, went on a diet before a big race ...dumb, really dumb...when I got out of the water and on to the bike the gas gage was already on empty..I was a well tuned 57 CHEVY Muscle car with no gas in the tank...I knew what happened immediatley and cursed myself for being so stupid about a couple pounds...I turned my bike around and DNFed.
I have been racing for 15 years, have always placed right up at the top of my AG ...but I always toy with the outer limits of things..like diet or lawn mowers.
Questions about it? Do a long run some night and don't eat much afterwards, sleep 8 to 10 hours and have a cup of coffee in the morning...go do a 40 mile bike moderatley hard with only water...chances are you will experience some bonk.:bed:
