tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807027359418593456.post668594848719605957..comments2024-02-29T02:06:59.726-09:00Comments on Fumbling Towards Endurance: Working Some Things OutUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807027359418593456.post-32747390154392539902008-02-19T21:29:00.000-09:002008-02-19T21:29:00.000-09:00Yeah Matt, this is way different than 12 and 24 ho...Yeah Matt, this is way different than 12 and 24 hour races. Even the most seasoned vets that can down bacon and butter sticks during the race find that a pound or more of weight loss a day is almost unavoidable. On the occasional fast years where it’s merely a matter of moving along hard packed trail for 20 plus hours several days in a row, weight loss is less of an issue, but slogging, climbing, crawling, post-holing and fighting the cold along with the extended exertion will make even a fatty like MC look like Nicole Richie after a week. Every added calorie Jeff can pack around his protruding ribs could mean the difference between making it to the next checkpoint or turning into a bonked out frozen skeleton somewhere on the course. <BR/>Pack it on skinny.Pete Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10357688474787672611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807027359418593456.post-14262005019494841902008-02-16T16:12:00.000-09:002008-02-16T16:12:00.000-09:00I second the chocolate milk, taste great, more fil...I second the chocolate milk, taste great, more filling. Great ultra fuel and recovery drink.<BR/><BR/>Good luck with gaining weight. I've got a similar body type to yours, and I've been known to consume full size pizzas and half gallons of chocolate milk with no affect to my weight.<BR/><BR/>I'll be interested in seeing how it works for you.<BR/><BR/>Best of luck. It'll be an adventure to remember either way.<BR/> <BR/>DGNeve_r_esthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13329919180492986371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807027359418593456.post-43917496952338654242008-02-15T23:24:00.000-09:002008-02-15T23:24:00.000-09:00hey matt, in a perfect scenario you are right. Pr...hey matt, in a perfect scenario you are right. Problem is that there is such a high likelihood that I will not be able to maintain a caloric intake of 7,000 or more calories per day for the 5+ days that i'll be out there. My body will almost certainly have a hard time processing that much food throughout the event and there will likely be times in which I just don't have enough food with me to eat at that rate without running out before my next food drop. if the race takes me a week i will need to consume about 50,000 calories to not have a deficit. that's almost 30 pounds of food. in my mind it's better if i can carry 3 or 4 pounds of that in the form of extra body fat, especially since there's such a high chance that my body can't continue to process that much food throughout the entire race.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03238385683129822240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807027359418593456.post-48345078425248161872008-02-15T10:22:00.000-09:002008-02-15T10:22:00.000-09:00hmm. i'm not sure trying to pack weight on post ra...hmm. i'm not sure trying to pack weight on post race is the way to do it. why not just eat more throughout and try to maintain you optimal body weight for the race? why drop at all? it would allow you to be training at the optimal (for this race) weight. why the "pack it on pre-race" strategy?Matt Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00684728826764555721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807027359418593456.post-82618308767631928822008-02-15T08:00:00.000-09:002008-02-15T08:00:00.000-09:00One other tip: chocolate milk. You can get it in ...One other tip: chocolate milk. You can get it in organic, soy, non-hydrogenatedified, etc... but bottom line is that it goes down smoove and packs a wallop. <BR/><BR/>Take it from a fat kid--it works.<BR/><BR/>MCMChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02002777916876297706noreply@blogger.com