Stomach comfort? Like feeling bloated?

Assuming you aren't sick, I would imagine the issue would be your stomach's ability to process the nutrition. Water and simple sugars/amino acids do not need to be processed. The transporters just pick them up and put them into the blood stream. Much of this will be passive because you have a concentration gradient between the intestine and blood. Complex carbohydrates and protein needs to be broken down into simple sugars and amino acids. During exercise (and sleep), blood is diverted away from the stomach (and more to the point your intestine where the uptake takes place) so these active processes are slower and your stomach/intestine stays full longer and I suppose this may feel uncomfortable when your diaphram is working hard to push air in and out of your lungs, thus squashing your stomach and everything else in your abdomen into a smaller space.

Again, I'm not an MD and only an amateur physiologist. I'm kind of making up a certain amount of this explanation based on my common sense understanding of how things work.

I never liked this Allen Lim guy.  I am not convinced that he is actually expert in what he is chatting about.

I asked my coach for his thoughts on the Lim video and Stokes comments - here is what he wrote (shared with his permission)

I appreciate Lim's demonstration, well done, clear, and even a bit clever. However, as Stokes points out, it isn't relevant to what is happening in the gut. And no one drinks a mix that concentrated so the comparison wasn't fair, in my opinion. We have all been diluting drink mixes down to our own preferences anyway. I do agree that we should use fluids to primarily hydrate and solids to primarily fuel. But, so much depends on the individual and what the environment is where they are doing work. Fluids can do both well, hydrate and fuel. And in a hot environment it needs to do so as solids will be less well tolerated.

Still, Lim has an intriguing angle and his product should do as advertised. If the situation calls for it his product would serve you well. But, it is unlikely to serve any better than the same concentration of a drink mix solution. And with a drink mix you can have the versatility to do whatever concentration you need/want for any given environment and/or intensity.

Max Shute Ph.D.
Carmichael Training Systems

damn . . . you coach has a PhD . . . feeling bad about my coach now . . . he's just like a lawyer or some shit

At least he isn't a teacher. Ohhhh snap.

Hey anyone know when/where cycling is being covered on the TV box? I know it's too much to ask Velonews to publish an actual TV schedule, but maybe someone out there in forum land knows?

Adam Naugaibin...

Holy hell, it's actually live on regular old non-cable NBC.  I guess they haven't started water polo and archery yet to boot it.  Dunno if they'll stay with it for the next 4 hours...

Sherwin: You need to be skinny to win the tour de france.

The commentary is really confusing, I have no idea what is going on. How many groups are on the road? 

the coverage is terrible.  I'm following the live commentary on cyclingnews to actually know what's going on.

Well that was questionable.

the coverage is terrible.  I'm following the live commentary on cyclingnews to actually know what's going on.

I was doing the same thing, live ticker on the laptop, watching the TV simultaneously.

my mom has more CAAD's than me: 

Bo spending quality time with trophy and trophy jr. 

The women's road race is pretty interesting.

I know the women's field is small, but it seems like the difference in ability is pretty huge in the women's field compared to the men. A few hard laps and attacks at the front sent lots of riders straight out the back.

Curiously, the commentators were a-ok with the American women (Armstrong) riding way at the back. Until they realized they were coming to Box Hill, and then realized they should inform us it is a bad idea to be at the back at the start of the climb. But more evidence the field is not that strong, 3 American women went from last to the front in the first part of the climb.





Go Evie!

Hahahaha! "My bike's in the river!!!"

Thank god for helmet cams:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNLN0uX0uw0&feature=player_embedded

Sprinting from the view point of Robbie McEwen - yesterday:

http://youtu.be/9Utw-6yGOow

New Bike Build going on!

Jack. Looks great.

Sprinting from the view point of Robbie McEwen - yesterday:

Couldn't stop myself from saying, "You cheeky bastard" aloud at the end of that one.

HFS

I dig this shot...

U.S.'s great hope on the track for Rio 2016

Awesome

Vino and Conan - separated at birth ? 

interesting strava section.   that's one stiff KOM.

Fall fashion...

the affinity KISSENA?  associated with that surely academy award-worthy flick, Premium Rush....