Great report as always - thanks for your perspective.

I don't have anything witty to add here, just congratulations and well done! I've said before how I'm in awe of your consistency and drive and this race just confirms what I already knew. Can't resist though... never say never...

Looks like a great time had by all - love the pictures, especially the one right above this post

Generally, in terms of objective measurement, I'm much more interested in placement than times, age group placement particularly. I much prefer racing to time-trialing and have had some of my most satisfying race experiences in racing other people like with James at ATB and Jamie at Kingston. I have...

What an incredible experience! Congratulations on completing the course, in 40hrs(!) - I bet you'll forget your time though, well before you forget how good a time you had. I'd love to have a go at something like that one day.

Well done Andy - I'm always impressed and in awe with how you are willing to give of yourself.

Excellent report of an excellent race. The mental side, and it's associated rewards is so much more important than numbers on a clock.

Great job Lisa - I bet there's a fair few folks thanking you this week for making their race experience an even more positive one.

Way to tough it out, that's a heck of a race completed in full-on, gut-it-out manner. Congrats.

Nice and very worthy idea - if not very original - but poorly executed I thought. Many of the pictures are awkward rather than inspiring. Too bad, could have been a great piece.

Sorry I didn't meant to make it sound that way, trix. I'm a pretty slow swimmer too. What I meant was that jono's comment didn't really bother me but Mark's did because I thought it was harsh to someone who can do a 4K open swim in "only" 90 minutes a "non-swimmer". But I can se...

Jo-Jo wrote:

Mark 2.1 wrote:

Jwolf wrote:Yikes. That's harsh.

Can't resist, can you?

Love it when you two spar.

Really? I find it **** ing irritating the way she feels the need to provide editorial on almost everything I **** ing write.

Jwolf wrote:Yikes. That's harsh.

Can't resist, can you?

trixiee wrote:Thanks.

Don't take it too much to heart Trixie; swimming a 1:32:12 at IMC is something along the lines of #peopleinglasshousesshouldntthrowstones

welcome to RM! I can't help you with your question because I'm too slow and a slacker! :lol: Robbie-T would be a good one to ask though. 6/10 for the obvious back door brag. Someone that qualifies for Boston - at Boston - knows the answer to your question already. jealous, Mark? Of what? I'm much b...

6/10 for the obvious back door brag. Someone that qualifies for Boston - at Boston - knows the answer to your question already.

Strava is my preferred w/o logging site, particularly for cycling. It's okay too for running but not so good for swimming. I really like the competitive element, and have a few KOM's in a few different countries. It adds an extra element for me but I guess that's not for everyone. The KOM concept is...

The facts don't matter, anecdotes do: got it! But on a personal level, that's actually true. As a non-competitive, recreational runner what matters to me is my experience... what works for me? The experts can talk all day about optimum this and the "right" amount of that, but I know what ...

...it showed that sports drink advertising overstates the benefits and tries to sell the drinks to people who don't really need them. Are you really that naive? this is true of most products and certainly of most product advertising. Some of y'all are taking this all entirely too seriously. How is ...

jonovision_man wrote:...it showed that sports drink advertising overstates the benefits and tries to sell the drinks to people who don't really need them.

Are you really that naive? this is true of most products and certainly of most product advertising. Some of y'all are taking this all entirely too seriously.

They need to do a double-blind fully controlled experiment to find out, of course. We can't go on anecdote or personal experience here, it's too important. :lol: Seriously, I think it is personal and very much controlled by individual perception as much as any physiological elements. Real experts, ...

I was thinking that the need for electrolyte replacement, and absorption of sugar and electrolytes is individualized. For example, in my biking group, we have a gal who can go ~ 100 K without anything other than water, and on the other hand, we have a man in the same group, who needs to eat/drink e...

Your experiments maybe a good example of what happens in a long training session, but a poor experiment. What is a "bonk"? Is is running low on glycogen, getting tired, getting dehydrated, getting hot, upsetting your electrolyte balance or some blend? You are naming it and "testing&q...

I once did an experiment; I rode my bike hard, on a hot day, with my only intake being water, to see what a bonk felt like. It took 4h20 and ~140km to bonk and it was spectacular. I learned two things that day; what it feels like to bonk and I can go a long way/time without needing sugar. I've done...

I once did an experiment; I rode my bike hard, on a hot day, with my only intake being water, to see what a bonk felt like. It took 4h20 and ~140km to bonk and it was spectacular. I learned two things that day; what it feels like to bonk and I can go a long way/time without needing sugar.