Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Road to CDA 06: 10 days out
Tomarrow, thursday about 10 days out:
Came out of Hypoxic tent last night. There is virually no concrete research on what's best. Nike project says 10-14 days to allow re-expansion of plasma volume. Others (world class cyclists) say 3-5 days. Still others say lower altitude to 8-9000 ft right up until race night. I have no idea what's right, so I chose 12 days. I figure the increasing plasma volume theory is scientifically sound, and reasonable.
I will change to a small cup of coffee per day through the weekend, then off all caffeine on next monday.
Nightly metamucil began last night, 12 days out. 1 tbs before bed each night up until next friday, 2 nights from race day.
Percentage of carbs will increase next monday. Not necessarily total calories, just the percent of carbohydrates in my meals. I will keep protein high, as is, until then.
Came out of Hypoxic tent last night. There is virually no concrete research on what's best. Nike project says 10-14 days to allow re-expansion of plasma volume. Others (world class cyclists) say 3-5 days. Still others say lower altitude to 8-9000 ft right up until race night. I have no idea what's right, so I chose 12 days. I figure the increasing plasma volume theory is scientifically sound, and reasonable.
I will change to a small cup of coffee per day through the weekend, then off all caffeine on next monday.
Nightly metamucil began last night, 12 days out. 1 tbs before bed each night up until next friday, 2 nights from race day.
Percentage of carbs will increase next monday. Not necessarily total calories, just the percent of carbohydrates in my meals. I will keep protein high, as is, until then.
