Monday, August 25, 2014

Ironman Louisville - Gear and Nutrition Report!

Round 3 at Ironman Louisville is in the books.  It seemed to be the toughest conditions I've had at this race (raced 2011 and 2012) so I am happy to come out with a finish and another 2nd place!!  I'll give my full race report soon, but wanted to do this quick gear and nutrition report first as a HUGE thank you to my sponsors that provide me with arguably some of the best products out there.

Gear
Kit:
Team Timex Castelli Clothing

Swim:
Blue Seventy PZ3TX Swimskin

Bike:
Trek Speed Concept 9 series w/ Shimano Ultegra Di2
Powertap G3 SES 6.7 Carbon Wheels
Powertap Joule GPS computer
Rudy Project Wingspan Aero helmet and Rydon Sunglasses

Run:
Feetures Elite no show tab sock
Newton Distance III shoes
Nathan SpeedDraw plus insulated hand held bottle
Headsweats Powerbar Visor

Nutrition

Breakfast:
Oats with Peanut butter and bannana
Bottle of Nuun

Race:
Bike-  8 Powerbar 1x caffeine gels, ~4 bottles perform, a good amount of water, 5 or so endurolyte pills, 2x First Endurance pre-race pills
Run-   7 gels, Drank a random mix of perform, water, ice and coke, 7 or so endurolyte pills, 2x pre-race pills, 2x Myothon pills

No stomach issues this time!!  Eliminating the solids seemed to do the trick.

Full report to come!!  Summary:  Tough hot day. hung in there for 2nd and punched a ticket to the Ironman World Championships in Kona by being ranked in the top 35 women in the world.  Very excited and thankful for all the support :)

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