I also don't "count" calories that I take in during long exercise sessions (e.g., gels, Eload) as those are being burned up right away to fuel my activity. But I also don't grossly increase my calorie consumption on days when I have long workouts. Me too, seems to work well. During the week I limit...

I'm in too. Tentatively staying at Best Western in Penticton, but trying to get a timeshare in Kelowna (free!).

Haven't booked a flight yet... going on points, seems a bit early for that kind of thing! Maybe I'm wrong - tell me if I am.

jono

Full 30 K [*] 2:59:59 Shallonge anners ( ATB 3:20:27, McMillan 2:57 ) Horselady ( ATB none, McMillan 2:51:32 ) Irongirl ( ATB 3:02:51, McMillan ???? ) (who will run with a stroller?) Marg ( ATB none McMillan 2:55:04 ) purdy65 ( ATB none McMillan 2:54:12 ) tgilpin ( ATB 3:12:57, McMillan 3:00:23 ) T...

I'm in for the 30k... never done ATB, goal is sub-2:40.

McMillan says 2:44, but I did the first 30k in this year's Toronto marathon in 2:39:36... before it took me to school.

jono

LadyV wrote:One question: what is with these long white socks - are these some kind of 'support stockings' ?

Compression socks:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4136018.stm#socks

jono

Ugh... it was brutally cheesy. But.. you gotta remember it's for the masses Jono.. the hard-core Triathlete followers would have watched on-line.. Ratings, ratings.. But fromage is good... watching the Kona coverage years ago is what turned the light bulb on for me :D I guess it's a good infomercia...

Banane wrote:lovin the cheesy coverage!

Ugh... it was brutally cheesy.

The Muskoka 70.3 coverage was actually better, lower budget perhaps, but they actually covered what was going on in the race!

jono

Try trifuel.com too... smaller community, easier to keep up with all the posts!

jono

Did anyone else notice she had a Camelback during the bike? I can't recall seeing that before among the elites. jono If I'm not mistaken, Zeiger wore the Camelback in Kona 2007 as well. I recall an interview where either her or her coach talked about how she had a tendency to not drink enough when ...

Carrie wrote:The rain didn't look like it started pouring until the end of the women's race.

You mean the end of the winning woman's race!

Did anyone else notice she had a Camelback during the bike? I can't recall seeing that before among the elites.

jono

And during the 2007 IMC, I saw someone riding a Cervelo P3C, complete with Zipp disc & 808 front wheel combo, aero helmet, and skinsuit, who was behind the 75yr old Sister Madona Buder :roll: :roll: ... but imagine how much further behind he'd have been if he didn't have all the gear! :lol: jono

Too complicated. It's so easy to not eat too much and too eat well. The eating well part is easy enough... but not eating too much can be tricky, calories are hiding everywhere. A handful of something healthy-sounding like mixed nuts and bam, you're 250 calories over. Especially people who are just...

Count calories on-line? I want to be able to record what I eat when I eat it, not when I'm at a computer. I have a simple system: I print off a strip of paper with boxes on it. One box is 100 calories, I use 20 for 2000. Ie: __________________________________________________ |1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11...

One word:

BACON.

I'll add my 2 cents... I just did my first marathon in the fall after a summer of triathlons and a century ride in the fall. I ran 3 times a week at best, and swam and biked the other days. Result - a pretty decent marathon, in-line with what I would expect based on my previous running results. And ...