LondonSkaters Speed Team - Speed Skating & Rollerblading Club in London

Fred_Paris · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 2:47 pm Subject:

I didn't bring my skates I had no choice but to call the rain ^^

Rick · Joined: 25 Feb 2004 Posts: 5914

Hammering it down here too. Anyway te epoxy I put on may skates isn't fully hardened yet. I feel the cinema calling.

_gj3000_ · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 3:29 pm Subject:

Gav, is that a no go?

Gav · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 3:37 pm Subject:

Hans and I are definitely going. We might be a bit unlucky with the weather, but at the moment it's blue skies all the way to the west. Clouds are moving pretty fast tho so no promises.

Rick · Joined: 25 Feb 2004 Posts: 5914

It's bone dry again here. I am getting changed to come along now. Won't be there til about 7

Matt · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 3:48 pm Subject:

I will try to come along tonight but Dad won't be.
So it depends if my Mum is willing to stand around in the cold and wet Rolling Eyes

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Get back to ya later.

_gj3000_ · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 3:54 pm Subject:

I'm going. Will see how the foot holds up!

Gav · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 9:20 pm Subject:

We had a good session at Tatem... the weather held out right until the very end, and then it only drizzled for about 5 min and some of us did a short session after that even. It was even sunny for most of the time we were there!

We focused on 3km intervals in 2 groups.

_gj3000_ · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 9:32 pm Subject:

Cool session! Shame you didn't make it Mike as it was bright and sunny!

First session in a skinsuit! Embarassed

Mikey-two-Names · Joined: 24 Feb 2004 Posts: 4108

Bugger, it was pissing down here on and off all evening. I got well wet on the way into the park, in 20km I went through quite a few showers.

I was so despondent at the weather I even went for a run!!!!! Quentin must be inspiring me or something.

dan_b · Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 2428

Good session, would have been better for me if my back worked.

OK, Gav, so further to the conversation on nutrition on the bus back, you were saying that half the post-exercise carbs should be taken in liquid form. Or maybe you were saying something else, and I was misunderstanding.

What's the reasoning here, or have I got the wrong end of the stick?

(Previous stuff about nutrition was at http://www.londonspeedskaters.com/forums/Question-for-you-all--t1171.php to save anyone else the trouble of thread mining)

Glenn · Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Posts: 1109 Location: ST Pauls

Great session - thanks for that.

Yea I would be interested in further information about nutrition. I was too tired to take everything Gav was telling us.

Gav · Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 8:23 am Subject:

This link...

http://www.mcmillanrunning.com/nutrition/mcmillannutritioncalculator1.htm

describes it pretty well.

On the liquid vs. solids thing, I find it easiest and most beneficial if I ingest the first amounts of carbs via a sports drink as I don't feel like eating immediately after training necessarily, and it's ingested quicker. I would usually drink it during stretching out, that would give me 30-40g of carbs, and then I will have another snack within an hour of training.

Mikey-two-Names · Joined: 24 Feb 2004 Posts: 4108

Good link Gav! Another key to getting a big insulin response is to eat at least some high GI carbs i.e. simple sugars, not slow absorbing stuff. That or inject yourself with insulin, which is illegal doping if you're not a diabetic like me.