snickers

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Jim

**Note above poster works for a retailer selling bikes and related gear*

twinkie?

It's hard to beat the original Powerbar Performance bar. It is pretty refined so it digests relatively easy and is low in fiber.

This is the original Powerbar that came in Malt Nut, Chocolate, Wild Berry and is now in a number of flavors.

Phil's Bars are good too, if they are still around.

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Tom Demerly
The Tri Shop.com

Right now I am enjoying Odwalla Bars. They don't melt.

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I'll be what I am
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You may want to try getting your calories in via liquid form. It seems easier for me (first IM in 10 days) but I only know from training and doing really long race sims. No wrapper to deal with just drink. I use carbo-pro and swear by it. A lot of people here also like infinit nutrition.

Good luck. I actually do one bar (clif bar) to get a little protein in around 4 hours or so on the bike; but all the rest of my calories are in a concentrated liquid form that I chase each sip with water.

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http://www.mountainmettle.com

Odwalla bars

http://www.odwalla.com/...itionalbars&sw=1

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I'll be what I am
A solitary man

 Whoops-try this again

Here is what works for me. I am assuming that you are doing IMFL. Spindogg, I know that you prefer all liquid--which works for me in a shorter race, but I find that having something solid breaks up the food monotony in IM racing. Here's what I would do for a 5:30 bike or so

Set up 3 bottles with the following: 1 packet each Amino Vital, 2 scoops Carbo Pro, 70% Gatorade, 30% water (to temper sweetness of AV). I use one Aero Bottle and two on cages. I alternate these bottles with clif bars and regular water.

0:00-:45-drink one bottle

:46-1:30-eat 1/2 clif bar and water

1:31-2:30 drink one bottle

2:21-3:15 eat 1/2 clif bar and water

3:16-4:30 drink one bottle

4:31-5:30 eat total on one clif bar and water

This is about 1800 calories. I usually take in about 1600 due to sloshing or something. I am on the small size. If you are tall you prob. want to adjust upwards. This has worked for me in my last 5 Ironman races and I raced well. I didn't follow this Kona 05 and had some problems (duh--why change things, right?).

If you are worried about fiber, take an Immodium race day morning with your breakfast. This seems to temper stomach problems and make you relatively normal. Overload of sugar is a "liquifier" (like in baking/chemistry). The new Oat/Raisin clif is pretty good.

I love snickers but they tend to melt--twinkies I don't know about

Good Luck!

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leslie myers
http://www.foodsensenow.com