Suzy (who's now thinking of buying some more warm cycling gear for her great ocean road ride in late Oct...)
Could be a good idea!
To quote Matthew Rawnsley
"As we got closer the number of vehicle on the road went down and so did the temperature. We found a controller freezing his nuts off, I didn't stay long and the rest followed. "
and
"I eventually caught up with Stig first then Bjarne but not before to my surprise I was climbing with snow on the road. Stig and Bjarne were also very surprised as they thought Australia was entering summer! I passed Bjarne when he and a driver were helping an elderly woman get her car out of a ditch which it had slipped into, it was the type of weather vehicles needrd chains on their tyres. "
and worse!
"The temperature that Tuesday night dropped below zero for Oliver when climbing through the Grampians and Oliver said his water bottle had frozen and could not drink from it for a couple of hours. "
What about those Mars Marathon bars that have just come out (although I believe they've been in the US for a while).
Are they not called Snickers Marathon bars? Ironic really, as for decades the Snickers bar used to be called Marathon in the UK before they renamed it to fall into line with the rest of the chocolate eating world. It put an end to the joke - "Did you hear about the guy who entered a marathon? He got peanuts all over his [censored]." Perhaps those of us who haven't updated our jokes in 10-15 years have a chance to retell it now 🙂
Graeme
You're quite right Graeme, it is a Snickers Marathon, mind you doesn't look or taste anything like a normal Snickers.
You're quite right Graeme, it is a Snickers Marathon, mind you doesn't look or taste anything like a normal Snickers.
DaveB
Marathon Bar is the 'original' snickers, from the UK. when they brought it out here they had to rename it due to trademark/copyright issues. the ones you are seeing with all the extra guff in them is a variation on the original theme.
in the early 90's i worked on the snickers account for an ad agency. Did the TVC and got the gig to keep all the bars/packaging juuuuust right. Had a whole line of eskies setup at various temperatures. too cold and the bar looked pale. too warm and it melted. Had to keep reminding the models to hold the bar toward camera, ensuring that you opened the right end so you werent revealing the label as saying "nickers" 😄
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The whole hypoglycemia issue is for those desk jockeys snacking on king-size Mars Bars who then find they nod off after the tea break. I posed this question to a PE colleague once who admitted that during active exercise a sugar crash really won't happen. Personally I've never experienced it while riding.
Exercise-induced hypoglycaemia is a valid but uncommon condition and is trivially easy to deal with.
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Andrew,
how are things now a couple of days later. Have you recovered from your hypothermia/hypoglycemia/virus/flu/bonk/whatever?
couple of days later, I'm fine.... I was good for the remainder of the Sunday as well... have run Albert Park Lake 3 times in the week during lunch, and had no issues...
how are things now a couple of days later. Have you recovered from your hypothermia/hypoglycemia/virus/flu/bonk/whatever?
couple of days later, I'm fine.... I was good for the remainder of the Sunday as well... have run Albert Park Lake 3 times in the week during lunch, and had no issues...
I'm glad you are alright.. I got half way home and then got bopped on the head with the weak, no energy, "dead zone" feeling again.. 🙁 It hasn't bothered me before but I guess I have to put it down to the iced coffee I had a couple of hours before doing 30min on the track and then 30min of the commute home? I even had a fruit bar in between the track and the commute and I still felt totally whipped 🙁
hippy - upping beer ration until symptoms disappear
