24 Hours of Bernie's Basement

Gotta say that I was pleasantly surprised by how good I felt during our 24 hour team RAAM simulation! The legs warmed up after the start of each 2 minute shift and stayed strong around AT the entire 24 hours. The last shift was a little tough keeping my heart rate up at AT but I think that was mostly mental.

Having Neil, Bill and John R there made the event really fun and helped to "Keep 'em spinning!" I was so happy to have you guys here!

Because the event started at 10pm on Friday and ended at 10pm on Saturday, I'll post my nutrition for 48hours.

Exercise:

24 hour team RAAM race simulation on stationary trainer. Total of 7.5 hours of exercise at or above AT.

First shift was 6 hours (10pm to 4am) with 30 minute ride and 30 minute rest intervals.
Slept from 4am to 9:30am and felt surprisingly fresh
Second shift was 3 hours (10am to 1pm) with 30 minute ride and 30 minute rest intervals.
Rested from 1pm to 3:3opm still felt incredibly good.
Third shift was 6 hours (4pm to 10pm) with 30 minute ride and 30 minute rest intervals.
It took about 2 minutes at the start of each shift to get the legs warmed up but after that it was easy to keep the HR around AT. Only during the last riding interval was it more difficult...likely due to waning motivation.

6 hour shift #1: Zone 1 27min, Zone 2hr 40 min, Zone 3, 7min. kcal -3400
3 hour shift: Zone 1 13min, Zone 2 1hr 30min. kcal -1700
6 hour shift #2: Zone 1 30min, Zone 2hr 45 min. kcal -3350

Total 7.5 hours and kcal -8450

Nutrition:
200 coffee
200 muffin
300 coffee cake
150 chips
150 soda
500 sandwich
300 cookie
1000 pasta with olive oil, chicken, pine nuts and parmesean cheese
250 sunny d
100 gatorade
150 cream pie
400 pbj
100 banana
100 gatorade
150 fig newtons
100 gatorade
400 pbj
100 banana
400 cereal
200 coffee and creamer
300 turkey sandwich
200 yogurt
1200 chicken, blackbean, sourcream burritos
300 coca cola
400 potstickers
100 gatorade
400 pbj
100 gatorade
400 pbj
300 hamburger
500 burrito
300 beer
300 cereal
48 hour total: 8900kcal

Energy balance negative -~3000kcal
intake 8900
expendiure 11450 (8450 exercise+3000 base)