Wish I could have joined all this year. Tough to digest things when it's hot and hilly eh? The course forces too high heart rates to eat normal, an you need too either slow way down and/or water down your drinks. Since lot's of the course causes high lactate levels, you need to treat it more like road racing nutrition. Last year saw tons of folks sitting in the ditch instead of the bike as well and I think more thought needs to go into eating correctly with a high HR. I miss judged the first lap and had to run off to a corn field for my punishment--live and learn. I'll hope to return in 07--see you then.