Pre-marathon Carb Loading

My brother Mike, talked me into a super carb loading the Friday before the marathon. There a an interesting article on this: http://marathonman.typepad.com/marathoning_matters/2008/12/read-about-the-true-secret-of-carbo-loading-and-never-hit-the-wall-again.html

While it wasn’t easy to eat all of this it was fun at least for the first hour. This is what my meal consisted of the Friday before the race.

New Bike

I noticed that I failed to post a picture of my new Tri Bike. Here is it…

I am back

I am back, it has been a crazy month.  I made it through the Chicago Marathon at 4:17, a little slower than I would have liked but I finished feeling pretty good. I need to work more on fueling strategy’s during the race. I was hoping for a caffeine pick me up at mile 20 but the 5 hour energy that I carried didn’t do me any favors. Oh well live and learn.

We also made it through vacation and Hurricane Tomas that kept us in St. Lucia for an extra 5 days. I know it doesn’t sound bad now but that is a long time without the boys with us. Needless to say my diet has been off the tracks and it is time to bring that back inline. I am now in hurry up mode to get ready for the Ironman. More on this later.