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Hydration set up question for you IM vets
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 2013-09-21 12:40 PM |
Expert  1130    Fernandina Beach, FL |  Subject: Hydration set up question for you IM vetsI'm doing IMFL in Nov and have been using an X-lab rear wing for hydration on long rides in training. I'm using Infinit for all my bike nutrition and it will be in my torpedo BTA mount. The only thing I should need off the bike course is water. It looks like water stations are spaced roughly every 10 miles on the course. So to my question, How many bottles do you carry for a full IM. Am I crazy to take off my X-lab and only have 2 cages (1 designated for nutrition/1 for water)? Also does the rear wing really do that much negative damage aerodynamically? Am I over thinking this? Thanks |
| 2013-09-21 6:39 PM in reply to: rjrankin83 |
| Veteran 363 | Subject: RE: Hydration set up question for you IM vets How many bottles of infinite do you plan to consume during the bike? I use rear hydration also but live off the course, i don't think it makes much difference aerodynamically unless your worried about getting a Kona spot. |
| 2013-09-21 6:43 PM in reply to: rjrankin83 |
Master 3205 ann arbor, michigan | Subject: RE: Hydration set up question for you IM vets I go with two cages for IM distance. One between the arms, torped style. One behind my seat, tucked in close. I start with two bottles of concentrated nutrition. When I finish the first bottle I drop it at an aid station and grab a water bottle to replace it. From then on I am drinking equal amounts of water and nutrition. At bike special needs I grab two more bottles of nutrition and start the process all over. It worked very well last year at AZ. Trying it again tomorrow at Tahoe. |
| 2013-09-21 7:11 PM in reply to: Rover24 |
Expert 1130 Fernandina Beach, FL | Subject: RE: Hydration set up question for you IM vets It's my first and Kona isn't a possibility, but I figured I have a disc and aero helmet would I be negating the 2 by having 2 bottles I really don't need behind the seat? I'll have 2 bottles of Infinit. I'll start with one on my bike in T1 and pick up the second in special needs |
| 2013-09-22 9:33 AM in reply to: rjrankin83 |
Veteran 740 The Woodlands, TX | Subject: RE: Hydration set up question for you IM vets Have you read this article? It's a good summary of how different hydration set-ups tested in the wind tunnel. http://www.cervelo.com/en/engineering/ask-the-engineers/hydration-a... |
| 2013-09-23 7:58 AM in reply to: rjrankin83 |
Veteran 327 | Subject: RE: Hydration set up question for you IM vets If it is your first and Kona is not a concern then I would error on the side of having too many bottles. I did Louisville this year for my first and I had a Speedfill A2 on the aero bars, 2 x-lab cages behind the seat and a cage on the frame. It may seem like overkill but I used all 4 of them. Granted, Louisville is notoriously hot so I went overboard but I had 2 bottles of my concentrate behind the seat, mixed my concentrate/water into the A2 between the bars and used the frame cage for a bottle of plain water at each aid station for drinking/dumping on my head. I am sure the aerodynamics of my setup were not perfect but I was also well hydrated for the run that started in 95 degree heat. |
| 2013-09-23 8:45 AM in reply to: 0 |
Champion 9407 Montague Gold Mines, Nova Scotia | Subject: RE: Hydration set up question for you IM vets Like this? ETA - IIWY I would carry as much mixed Infinit as you need and one bottle of water and exchange the water at each aid station. Shane Edited by gsmacleod 2013-09-23 9:00 AM (gelbike.jpg) Attachments ---------------- gelbike.jpg (57KB - 11 downloads) |
| 2013-09-23 8:51 AM in reply to: rjrankin83 |
Alpharetta, Georgia Bronze member | Subject: RE: Hydration set up question for you IM vets Originally posted by rjrankin83 It's my first and Kona isn't a possibility, but I figured I have a disc and aero helmet would I be negating the 2 by having 2 bottles I really don't need behind the seat? I'll have 2 bottles of Infinit. I'll start with one on my bike in T1 and pick up the second in special needs I do two bottles of Infinite as well - I just have water in my aero bottle and infinite on my down tube. Switch out the Infinite bottle at the half way. Easy peasy. Even in a warmer IM like Louisville I did not need more than one full aerobottle of water in between aid stations. |
| 2013-09-23 10:57 AM in reply to: lisac957 |
Veteran 494 Berkley | Subject: RE: Hydration set up question for you IM vets For IMFL last year I just used 2 bottle cages on the frame, it was my first IM so I just wanted to stick with what I was comfortable with. Once I drank my two bottles, I just refilled them at the aid stations, 1 with water and 1 with gatorade (sports drink provided). In my special needs, I packed more sports drink mix and refilled. Suggestion since it is your first: during my training sessions I drank all sorts of water/sports drinks/flavors/consistency/ combinations just so I was prepared for race day if I needed to go to a Plan B, C, D with my hydration. Do the same thing for the run, while you have just over a month to go, you can still test a few different foods to see how your stomach reacts to them. |
| 2013-09-23 11:42 AM in reply to: rjrankin83 |
| Subject: RE: Hydration set up question for you IM vets Originally posted by rjrankin83 It's my first and Kona isn't a possibility, but I figured I have a disc and aero helmet would I be negating the 2 by having 2 bottles I really don't need behind the seat? I'll have 2 bottles of Infinit. I'll start with one on my bike in T1 and pick up the second in special needs Think about the two bolded statements. Assuming you get some aero benefit by not having bottles behind the seat, but stop for a few minutes in SN.... sort of a wash, no? And honestly, whether you stop in SN or use BTS, a couple minutes here and there are not going to overly affect your race. That said, I use Infinit, at Canada I concentrated 2 bottles with 2.5 hours. One torpedo style, one in a cage zip tied close up to my saddle, I used a rubber band to make sure it did not eject. Frame cage held a water bottle that I replaced every aid station. Once I used up the front bottle, tossed it and took the one from BTS and put it in the torpedo. That worked well for me, rode right by SN. THe risk of having primary nutrition BTS is obviously ejection, but the rubber band and gorilla cage worked fine (used it a lot in training). The risk of having primary nutrition in SN is that they may not be able to find it. |
| 2013-09-23 12:58 PM in reply to: 0 |
Expert 1130 Fernandina Beach, FL | Subject: RE: Hydration set up question for you IM vets I hadn't really thought about how I was contradicting myself there. Perhaps I'll just plan on keeping both bottles of Infinit with me, swap out a water bottle on my frame, and skip SN. Maybe use the 4th bottle as a spare kit and ditch the bag attached to the xlab wing. Just to clarify the rubber band method: just wrap it around the cage and over the top of the bottle correct? I hadn't really had a problem with launching bottles in training but I have heard about that stretch of road on the IMFL course. Shane my original plan was something like this: Edited by rjrankin83 2013-09-23 1:00 PM (Bikenutritiongonewrong.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Bikenutritiongonewrong.jpg (77KB - 9 downloads) |
| 2013-09-23 1:02 PM in reply to: rjrankin83 |
| Subject: RE: Hydration set up question for you IM vets Yeah, I just stretched it from the bottom of the cage over the lid of the bottle. In several long rides I only launched one bottle, but if it was Infinit you'd have to go back and get it. That bike was at IM Canada, would have loved to have seen it |
| 2013-09-23 3:31 PM in reply to: ChrisM |
Member 341 Austin | Subject: RE: Hydration set up question for you IM vets Those pictures are great. I felt like I had too much nutrition in my bento box at bslt, but ate every gel. the full distance looks crazy. I have had super long trainer rides where I ate pizza, or tacos, or waffles while riding. If we could only have that on a race day :P |
| 2013-09-23 3:40 PM in reply to: jetsers |
Sensei Sin City | Subject: RE: Hydration set up question for you IM vets I tend to live off the course. Even for IMAZ I would have one bottle of gatorade and bottle of water on the bike - xwing... I had a bento box with a half dozen GU and maybe a baby ruth candy bar for half way. Even riding slow, you should get to each aid station in less than 40 mintues. So I would try to get through 1.5-2 bottles between aid stations mixing between the two. |
| 2013-09-23 5:20 PM in reply to: Kido |
Expert 1130 Fernandina Beach, FL | Subject: RE: Hydration set up question for you IM vets I wish I could live off the bike course. I don't like Preform at all and Gatorade messes up my stomach on rides. I couldn't imagine living off GU all day, although I will live off the course for the run. Infinit has been perfect for me and makes it easy to carry as I can get 3 hours (900+ cal) into 1 bottle. My top tube bento is reserved for my gummi worms  Long rides in the heat I've been averaging 1 bottle of water an hour so no problem picking that up off the course. |
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