LAST major workout before the race!

So this weekend was the time that everyone who has ever done any type of endurance race can appreciate the most...the last long workout weekend!!! Even though it's technically taper time, the detail that's often missed is that you're only supposed to taper 10-20% per week, which means it's still a pretty gosh golly darn long workout (reference anyone?).

Today was another good opportunity to try out the nutrition plan one last time before the big race. It was just PG of Team MPG and the workout was a 1 mile swim/60 mile bike/14 mile run (approx 1/2 ironman distance). This was a bit of a sad workout because we ship our bikes to Florida on wed, so this it the last time it'll be ridden in SF till the race! Anyways, I got over that REAL quick, but I was still a bit paranoid about food intake, so I focused on my "eat something solid every 45-60 minutes" plan on the bike then be gellin' like a felon on the run (second reference anyone?). Here was the total workout food count:

pre-workout:
16 oz Safeway Plain Yogurt - 280 Calories
1 cup Quaker Natural Granola (this stuff is awesome) - 420 Calories
1 Sara Lee plain bagel - 270 Calories
2 tbsp Skippy Super Chunk Extra Crunch Peanut Butter - 190 Calories
1 tbsp Welch's squeezeable concord grape jelly - 50 Calories
20 oz Gatorade - 130 Calories

swim:
2.6314 gulps of SF bay water - gross

T1:
1 strawberry pomegranate Odwalla Bar - 220 Calories

bike:
1 pack Sharkies Organic Energy Sport Chews - 140 Calories
1 pack Strawberry Clif Bloks - 200 Calories
1 package Nabisco fig newtons - 200 Calories
1 Sara Lee plain bagel - 270 Calories
2 tbsp Skippy Super Chunk Extra Crunch Peanut Butter - 190 Calories
1 tbsp Welch's squeezeable concord grape jelly - 50 Calories
48 oz Gatorade - 390 Calories
20 oz Clif Shot "Lemonade" Electrolyte Drink - 160 Calories

T2:
1 strawberry pomegranate Odwalla Bar - 220 Calories
1 Clif Shot Strawberry energy gels - 100 Calories

run:
3 Clif Shot "Razz" energy gels - 300 Calories

Total = 3780 Calories. And it seems like the plan worked again! The scariest part is that the real race will be about 2x longer than this, so does that mean I'll have to eat 2x the amount of food? Will have to wait till raceday to find out :).

T-minus 2 weeks and counting!!!