Yep, I agree with Joe here.
I used both bags at IMAZ -- put things in here that are not available on
the course.
1) Bike Special Needs: backup nutrition & salt/electrolyte tabs. Even
if you correctly calculate your nutrition requirements for the ride,
conditions may change and the additional supplies will be helpful. I
needed my extra salt tabs given the heat conditions of Tempe that day.
I also tapped into the extra nutrition bottle that I had in special
needs -- the source of nutrition that I was using (Carbo Pro) wasn't
available on the course.
2) Run Special Needs: I put in a bag of potato chips and used this on my
second loop of the run. For me it was a good source of additional salt
and helped to provide some extra calories and put a touch of food into
my stomach after the long day of primarily maltodextrin as a calorie
source. It was a nice change from GU.
Note that the special needs will probably not be cold.
They were
quite warm from sitting in the heat for hours.
--
Bryan Woodruff
Redmond, WA
"Joe Blow" <joeblow@****.com> wrote in message
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> I disagree with Ken, a special needs bag can be a life saver. I have used
> the special needs bag 2 different ways:
>
> 1. As a backup - I put backup nutrition in it just in case I
> dropped/spilled my drink/gel/electrolytes/etc. (which has happened). I will
> also put an alternative nutrition solution in the bag in case I react badly
> to my primary nutrition plan and need to change.
>
> 2. As a supplemental - If I need to take more nutrition with me then I want
> to carry at once, I will put some of it (usually along with some backup
> nutrition like in #1) in the bag. A cold Mountain Dew at mile 80 is
> awesome!
>
> Joe
>
> "Ken" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > It is a bag of goodies that you usually pick up at near the half way point
> > on the bike leg in an Ironman distance event. I have never figured out
> > why it is necessary and have never used one. Keep it simple and avoid
> > using one.
> >
> > Ken
> >