I am a 47-year old coach and triathlete, who has been racing 70.3 since 2010 and 140.6 since 2012. I have completed five IM and last weekend I tried IM, but I did not finish.
My biggest challenge when I race IM is the hydration and nutrition after mile 80 or so on the bike. Typically, I have my plan to drink and eat properly; but around that distance my body starts to shut down. Last weekend on IM, I got to mile 90 and after that point I was not able to drink or eat anything. Got to the 100 mile market and my speed went down, but I manage to finish without drinking fluids.
Every time that I tried to drink, I just vomited it. Water, Gatorade, any fluid or food that I tried was coming out of my mouth. I got to T2 and I forced myself to drink and eat, but it did not last longer; on mile 2, I vomited again. My body totally shut down and I was not able to drink or eat. I continue until mile 8, where I decided to DNF and avoid further damage to myself.
This is not the first time that my body shut down. It has happened in all the IM’s. In IM Arizona last year, I got to mile 9 on the run, and when I stopped in a water station to hydrate, I was not able to do so and I start vomiting. From that point on, I have to walk/ run to finish, but no fluids intake.
I have been working with a nutritionist since January, but it is not working. Does anybody know who can help me to solve my hydration and nutrition puzzle?
Thanks in advance !!!
Juan M Jaramillo
USAT Coach Level I
http://www.ironjuan.com
My biggest challenge when I race IM is the hydration and nutrition after mile 80 or so on the bike. Typically, I have my plan to drink and eat properly; but around that distance my body starts to shut down. Last weekend on IM, I got to mile 90 and after that point I was not able to drink or eat anything. Got to the 100 mile market and my speed went down, but I manage to finish without drinking fluids.
Every time that I tried to drink, I just vomited it. Water, Gatorade, any fluid or food that I tried was coming out of my mouth. I got to T2 and I forced myself to drink and eat, but it did not last longer; on mile 2, I vomited again. My body totally shut down and I was not able to drink or eat. I continue until mile 8, where I decided to DNF and avoid further damage to myself.
This is not the first time that my body shut down. It has happened in all the IM’s. In IM Arizona last year, I got to mile 9 on the run, and when I stopped in a water station to hydrate, I was not able to do so and I start vomiting. From that point on, I have to walk/ run to finish, but no fluids intake.
I have been working with a nutritionist since January, but it is not working. Does anybody know who can help me to solve my hydration and nutrition puzzle?
Thanks in advance !!!
Juan M Jaramillo
USAT Coach Level I
http://www.ironjuan.com