Keeping Drinks Cold
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vanjames posted 1 year ago.
Freeze them the night before if its a warm location or wrap foil around your bottle and toss a few ice cubes in right beofre you leave to get bodymarked.
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spazz posted 1 year ago.
yeah, how do you keep drinks cold in the transition area when you are swimming?
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calilargeguy posted 1 year ago.
Freeze them the night before. Easiest and least expensive way to keep them cold in transition is to take an old sock and put the bottle in it. It will keep it insulated for awhile. They also have insulated bottles but are pretty pricey.
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kevinb421 posted 1 year ago.
you can get a polar bottle for around 20 dollars. They work quite well
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Noel posted 1 year ago.
Hey guys and gals,
True, it sucks when you have luke warm drinks, but don't go overboard with COLD drinks. You're racing, so don't guzzle down huge amounts of cold drinks when you're body is in race gear and is WARM. This will highten the chance for stomach cramps!!
Some people have cast-iron stomachs and don't have any problems with cold drinks, some do have issues with them.
I choose not to take any chances on race day.
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kylie posted 1 year ago.
The other thing with freezing them is to be sure the race is going to be warm enough to really melt them as fast as you need them! Otherwise you are just out of luck with all that you planned to get out of the bottles.
Also, if you use a behind the seat bottle carrier and freeze them, be aware that they can fly out even easier now (more weight behind them after bumps, etc) and be more dangerous (hit harder and less squishy to ride over) to the people around you.
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fittycent posted 1 year ago.
kyillee;68343 wrote:
Also, if you use a behind the seat bottle carrier and freeze them, be aware that they can fly out even easier now (more weight behind them after bumps, etc)
Hmm - so they get heavier when you freeze them? :)
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Keebler71 posted 1 year ago.
Don't worry about it... you only need to keep them relatively cold until you get to the first hand-up (which hopefully is chilled).
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kylie posted 1 year ago.
fittycent;68353 wrote:
Hmm - so they get heavier when you freeze them? :)
Heh... I don't know why in my brain that made sense... but they are much more likely to launch (now I'm just not sure why) :)
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ShaverR6 posted 1 year ago.
I think it would be because the ice will not dampen itself if it gets disturbed like water would. :)
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fittycent posted 1 year ago.
ShaverR6;68388 wrote:
I think it would be because the ice will not dampen itself if it gets disturbed like water would. :)
Exactly. Plus, a frozen bottle would have more condensation on it, making it more slippery.
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Triguy98 posted 1 year ago.
As a fellow Tampa tri-er, I can tell you this- get over the cold drinks and fast. It isnt going to happen. Freezing the bottles works- but in the summer you'll finish off a bottle before it thaws. Polar bottles keep your drink cool longer than regular bottles. Maybe 50% longer. Which translates into about 30 minutes before your drink is warm.
I've lived here and done endurance sports for most of my life. The only cold drink you'll get is out of the cooler at the end of the race. Of course, that assumes you ge to the cooler before everyone has taken all the ones that had been chilling in there, and youre not left with the warm ones they just added...
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RV posted 1 year ago.
Triguy98;68473 wrote:
I can tell you this- get over the cold drinks and fast. ... The only cold drink you'll get is out of the cooler at the end of the race.
Yes - well said.
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brittda posted 1 year ago.
RV;68481 wrote:
Yes - well said.
exactly---suck it up and just drink what ever I say-its not really worth the hassle, and you will need it before it thaws.
I am doing my first half ironman and from all the research i have done and training i have done I will be taking about 16oz of fluids per hour. I have been using accelerade, cytomax and gatorade endurance for training. I would like to use cytomax but it I really hate it when it gets warm (I live in FL so it doesnt take long). So my question is, what is a strategy or what is available to keep my drinks cold for the race ?
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