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Frigo's Luggage

Trust me. I am not an elite team racer.

Crankyfeet

I wasn't trying to imply that you are, I was just trying to sarcastically show that I wasn't. And also perhaps other posters in this thread-about-nothing. And that guys who do a lot of racing would have more exposure to this type of injury perhaps. Either themselves, or racing buddies that they know.

In any case Frigo - I wish now that I hadn't been so smart-assed in my original reply. I apologize for that. But I would suggest starting a new thread in the bike racing training forum.

But someone here might still be able to help with personal experience. They're just not online at this moment.

And there are no rules I believe on this thread about what you can or cannot post. That is why you are having to suffer about 100 posts from yours truly. I think I'm heading the way of H-V.

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matagi

Chateau Lafitte wouldn't work with calamari and garlic buttered lobster. Personally, I'd go with champagne but I think a nice Sancerre would also work or perhaps an Alsatian riesling.

Crankyfeet

Do you honestly think we'd drink an '82 Chateau Lafitte with food? It's for afterwards, with cheese m-a-y-b-e. The french wouldn't let us drink it while we're eating anyway. It would be an insult.

But you're right. The Champagne as an apretif and the Sancerre with the meal would be splendifique. You have completed my dream meal. Thanx matagi.

See Aussie's do have some culture.

[PS. Did I officially cover my ass in the above post?]

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Bro Deal

I don't race road bikes anymore. My main competitive sport is now ultra distance trail running. I am not feeling too elite at the moment. I recently DNSed at a 100 mile race when I contracted food poisoning two days before the start. There went a few hundred hours of training down the drain.

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"You are like the wind and I like the lion. You form the tempest. The sand stings my eyes and the ground is parched. I roar in defiance but you do not hear. But between us there is a difference. I, like the lion, must remain in my place. While you like the wind will never know yours." -- Mulay Hamid El Raisuli, Lord of the Riff, Sultan to the Berbers, Last of the Barbary Pirates

Bro Deal

That was nothing compared to the sequel. The same group of bozos decided they would make a real movie instead of that hand held camera, look at my nose hairs original. The result was not pretty.

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"You are like the wind and I like the lion. You form the tempest. The sand stings my eyes and the ground is parched. I roar in defiance but you do not hear. But between us there is a difference. I, like the lion, must remain in my place. While you like the wind will never know yours." -- Mulay Hamid El Raisuli, Lord of the Riff, Sultan to the Berbers, Last of the Barbary Pirates

Crankyfeet

Hey Bro, good to see you back in here.

It seems films are a big hobby for you. You really sound like you appreciate film-making. Ever thought of being a critic? You remind me of Walter Chaw at Film Freak Central. I like his reviews. Nice and cerebral and he really knows how to peel the onion IMO.

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Crankyfeet

That would be a bummer.

You talkin' about 100 miles on foot, up and down trails? Man - that's almost four marathons! How long does that take? Do you break it up?

If you can run and cycle, wouldn't triathlons be something that you'd be good at? Or can't you swim?

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Bro Deal

Might not be applicable, but a mate (We are on an Australian website so I have to use that term even though it sounds gay to American ears.) of mine farked up his wrist and now he is afraid to ski because he might fall on it again. It has affected what sports he is willing to participate in.

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"You are like the wind and I like the lion. You form the tempest. The sand stings my eyes and the ground is parched. I roar in defiance but you do not hear. But between us there is a difference. I, like the lion, must remain in my place. While you like the wind will never know yours." -- Mulay Hamid El Raisuli, Lord of the Riff, Sultan to the Berbers, Last of the Barbary Pirates

Crankyfeet

The one good thing about biking should be that, given your bike geometry is right for you, and your not Tom Boonen, you don't really put much pressure on your wrist riding (unless I'm mistaken). But falling over you can.

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Bro Deal

They are always continuous. Usually you start in the dark one morning and finish sometime the next day. Maximum times vary by the race. The mountain races typically have cut off times of 30 or 36 hours and they have 15K to 25K feet of climbing. It's a wonderful way of discovering whole new worlds of suffering.

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"You are like the wind and I like the lion. You form the tempest. The sand stings my eyes and the ground is parched. I roar in defiance but you do not hear. But between us there is a difference. I, like the lion, must remain in my place. While you like the wind will never know yours." -- Mulay Hamid El Raisuli, Lord of the Riff, Sultan to the Berbers, Last of the Barbary Pirates

Crankyfeet

How do you feed and water yourself? And I added a question about triathlons to that previous post you responded to.

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Bro Deal

There are checkpoints that offer fluids and food. Everyone has their own strategy for taking in calories. Some people rely on what the checkpoints provide. I like to use all my own stuff so I spend less time in checkpoints.

When I couldn't race, I ended up crewing for someone who was racing his first hundred. He started out with a plan to eat a package of Cliff Shot Bloks every hour. That worked for about fifty miles and then he could not stand the taste any longer. He switched to eating whatever he could stomach that was being offered at checkpoints. That amounted to cups of soup, hot chocolate, potatos, etc. He then got really sick and death marched the last part of the course at two miles per hour, not sure if he would make it to the finish before time expired. He had a pacer with him for a little more than twenty miles during the night, and he started hallucinating at one point. His pacer had to stop him from going off trail to catch crayfish in an imaginary lake.

These sorts of races have really taken off. All the popular ones have lotteries for entry. There must be about four dozen or so hundreds in the U.S. now.

As for triathlon, I have probs with swimming. Namely I suck.

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"You are like the wind and I like the lion. You form the tempest. The sand stings my eyes and the ground is parched. I roar in defiance but you do not hear. But between us there is a difference. I, like the lion, must remain in my place. While you like the wind will never know yours." -- Mulay Hamid El Raisuli, Lord of the Riff, Sultan to the Berbers, Last of the Barbary Pirates

Crankyfeet

Great story. And it will attract the right people to the sport. Namely massochists. But it really makes the typical road marathon seem like a middle distance race in comparison.

When you say your own food, do you mean you carry it, or your support team caries it, or the organizers take it to the foodstops for you?

And eating and running for me is much more difficult than eating and riding, due to the bouncing of my stomach in the former. Is this a problem, avoiding nausea?

How have you gone in the races you've completed?

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