Re: Conquer the Canuck Tomorrow

On 2005-07-31, frank-in-toronto <thehickOBVIOUS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 31 Jul 2005 05:39:03 -0700, "Charlie Pendejo" <bosshogg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> ...
>>> they served pizza afterwards, and i had 3 slices.
>>> i'm thinking that this was the culprit. i shoulda
>>> just had one and not made a pig of myself.
>>
>>After a 25k race? You gotta be kidding, Frank. You earned those 3
>>slices, not just in a moral sense but physically by burning lots and
>>lots of calories.
> well, the moral issue isn't tops on my mind, and it's not
> about the calories either. I had about 100 calories from
> gatorade just at race start and i ate another 375 calories
> throughout the race. But pizza is loaded with sodium and fat.
> i usually don't eat like that. that's why i figure the pizza did it.

There's a reason sodium and calories are appealing just after a
race -- your body needs them.

> just a problem of lack of control.

Yes, but under most circumstances, you don't have this "problem",
right ?

> i was ok before the race
> and didn't have anything.

So you started with an empty fuel tank ... it's no wonder you were
kind of hungry afterwards.

> i REALLY wanted to stop at McDonalds
> and get an english muffin with jam and maybe a coffee
> but with 3 hours plus on the trail coming up, i had some
> misgivings about doing #2 with mosquitoes ALL AROUND!

I've never had a problem with this during a race. It can happen (it
did to Paula Radcliffe), but it's only an issue if you have some sort of
problem with your digestive system, at least in marathon and shorter.

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/
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