bike run x 4

Today we biked around Mercer Island 4 times (~13 miles) with a 1.5 mile run between each loop. So far this season I haven't focused that much on nutrition, so this morning I just grabbed a big variety of foods/snacks, a bottle of gatorade, and headed to training. Wade points out we should eat about 200 calories per hour (100-300 I've heard)...
So I start doing the math: 6 shot blocks = 200 calories. 1/2 pb sandwich. 1 fun size snickers. 1 bottle gatorade - only 150 calories! I actually read a label and wished it had more calories... (how often in your life does that happen?).

Wadism of the day: "Don't shoot your wad on the first loop" (our 3rd should be the fastest).

Well, I figured I had borderline enough food, and took off on the bike. First loop - felt good, tried to keep up with some people, went faster than average. First run - not too bad, didn't like the big hill, made my mom run the whole way with me. 2nd loop - well my legs where very aware of the fact we'd just run. And we started w/ some sorta yucky hills. Mid way of 2nd loop, feeling great, suddenly get to a giant super steep hill (in my head), struggled up it... kept eating.
3rd loop - not terrible, a little slower than previous ones... Ate my pb sandwich. sorta dried my mouth out, not sure i like it. But gatorade tasted yummy.

Finally last loop - still goin with Katie and My mom - made it way easier to not be alone. At this point i had one shot block left, and some gatorade. I ate the shot block 20 min in, and then was out of food. I didn't feel hungry, but my legs ached on every hill. On the flats they felt fine...Glanced down at my bike computer and it says I've burned 3600 calories so far. WHOA.
Finally finished, and it felt so nice to be done. We went to bagels after, and I eat a bagel egg and cheese, scarfed it down, and didn't even feel full after. It tasted delicious.

Decided its time to play around w/ more nutrition, I need to try some more things out, and actually sit down and calculate what and how much I need to eat. Eek. this race is starting to feel pretty real now.

(clocked in at 52 mile bike ride, 4.5 mile run).