After practice & lunch, I had one hour to prepare my nutrition to be shipped with Tri Bike Transport for Canada. I didn’t realize until a few days ago that we were allowed a “gear bag” with our bike, which was such good news because the bulk of packing for a big triathlon would be bottles, nutrition, and helmet. And that I did. I measured powders (1 serving of Accelerade + 0.75 serving of Carbo-Pro, for the bike, and only 1 serving of Accelerade for the run) for each bottle into its own zip lock bag, then stuffed it into each bottle.
I posted the picture on Facebook, and people wondered why I had so many bottles. 7 bottles for the bike (1 per hour), 2 for the run (1 to start, 1 at special needs), 2 more for the training beforehand, then 1 more for recovery fluid. I’m a visual guy, so I had to lay it all out on the counter and check things off. Good thing I did though, I didn’t account for my race run bottles at first! Initially tried to pack it all into a small gym bag, but it wouldn’t fit my helmet, so then I just used my TYR Tri Bag. It was a perfect fit! Did it all in about 30 minutes, then it was off to Performance Bicycle I went! It was an easy drop off – filled out some labels, then they gave me the ticket stubs (I better not forget that one!). Done, and done! Goodbye bike! See you in Canada!
So, what do you think ?