Howdy from San Dimas,
So we are back at racing here in the US. After Taiwan it was head home, sleep a lot, see a chiro/sports specialist Dr Fred Fritsch a bunch, and sleep some more, then head back to Cali. Home was good. I am now infamous for the Lantern Rouge on the group rides, and most people have actually forgotten my real name and just call me Lantern...ha Granted finishing in the top 30 every day was prolly an option, being part of the team's victory and getting last was much more rewarding.
Warning: Next paragraph is me venting-feel free to skip...
Before making it out to Cali, I got to fly out here, which provided another opportunity to witness the mayhem/ lack of manners of airports. I admit, there have been times when I was in a huge rush, running through the airport like my life depended on it, and in that scenario all bets are off. But the manners of people in the airport really get to me. It seems there is a sense of entitlement just for having flown that day. Leaving the plane there are 4 different merge points. It would seem fair that 1 line go, then the other, then 1 line, then the other, but the people on this one assumed their lines got to go. No looks in the eye either. Next merge point, the same thing. This one guy fought me to get ahead, after 3 others from his line did the same thing, and then immediately after getting off the plane onto the jetway (walk thing between terminal and plane-can someone help me here?) and stops. No rush, he just had to be ahead...
Then at baggage claim, the big fight to be on the front row to watch the bag come at .25 mph down the ramp. If we all stepped back 10 feet and only went forward when your bag was coming then it would be much less crowded. I must say, the flight attendants on Delta were fantastic. Always friendly, and wanting to make my day, the best day possible.
Done with that rant, back to racing...
While racing in Taiwan, and then getting back, the body had adjusted to riding all the time. While back in Atl, so long as I got my blood sugar up to 150 before the ride, I could ride for 3hrs on nothing but water. I would venture to say I was burning fat on those rides, as I was losing weight too.Then it seemed I switched back and on Tuesday I was actually eating on the ride, going pretty hard, and also going hypo. Now it seems my body is burning glycogen straight up. So we are at the race today, and I screwed up... Ate lunch, and afterward was 124, then 30 minutes later 156- did 1 unit of Apidra, then 20 after that 234, and did one more unit as I was trending up to quickly (or so I thought.) With a start time of 3:37, we left at 2:00 pm to ride to the start, and grabbed a double espresso on the way.
At 2:40pm after a 20 minute ride, I was 49- had 4 vials of Dex 4 liquid shot (60gm carb) 1 package of cliff blocks (50gm carb) and 30 minute later 86. So drank 2 cokes (40gm carb each) and a 1/2 cliff bar (23gms of carbs) and at 3:20 I was 125. So I rolled to the start line of this 4 mile uphill time trial, took some more dex 4, to take the grand total of carbs to 188gms for a 4 mile TT. Did the TT which I suck at, and road slow enough. Then got back and was 150, which is perfect for post race.
So what I know I have to do tomorrow before the 88mile road race is don't do any insulin within 3 hrs of start, start with a steady blood sugar in the 140-220 range, and then in the first 30 minutes of the race eat about 75gms of carbs, and then every 15 minutes post need to put down another 20gms for 1.5 hrs, and then all should be good. So that is my plan, and if it all goes perfect (does it ever) I will be able to write about the success tomorrow.
We have last years winner, Ben Brooks, and a real strong team for the race tomorrow, so my goal will be to do the job that MR.Beamon sets out, and hope for a good race. I know the closers on the team will be there to rock it out.
Thanks for reading. Have a great day.
Philpott (yes this really is my middle name) thanks mom...ha
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