I thought she had 20

Nope she had 35+. Price Is Right rules are harsh.

But what is it? I followed a FB link there the other day but didn't look into what the site was all about.

Does RT stand for something?

It looks like RT is shorthand for black helicopters.

Russia Today

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Ha ha. They take journalism to another level.

Posting something about this on a Fox News story, resulted in a reaction that reminded me of this...

Ok, first I do not appreciate this BF disloyalty over the grapefruit contest. Plus I issue a protest because the grapefruit in the bottom of the box are way bigger than the grapefruit on the top of the box. They are deceptively packaged.

Second, an actually serious question. The coach thinks I do not eat & drink enough on long rides. Tomorrow he said to set a timer and every 15 minutes eat 2 Cliff Bloks. Plus drink 1 bottle water with Skratch every hour. So I'm looking up how to set the alarm to go off on the Garmin & I see I can choose for it to go off every X number of minutes OR after every Y number of calories. Should I pick the calories, since I have the power meter which is pretty accurate for calories? Or just literally do what he said to do, the every 15 minute thing?

Hey, I figured it was closest guess. Also, I could easily see 15 grapefruit so I would never have guessed 20 like Mr. H did.

I would go with time, [MENTION=351576]Heathpack[/MENTION]. I can agree with the Bloks, but that's a lot of liquids. Of course, temperature, work, all play into it, so I'm sure he's taking that into account.

Its not going to be too hot tomorrow. 58 degrees at the start, high of 74 degrees tomorrow. That seems like a lot of fluids to me too. I do have 25 oz bottles, I think 1 bottle every 1hr 15min should be ok. That's just harder to keep track of on the bike.

I just need to figure finish both bottles by the 36 mile rest stop if I'm making decent time. That would work.

...the phrase "piss like a racehorse" comes to mind. In fairness, it is easy to transpire a lot of water here because of the relatively low humidities.

Humidity will be 76% tomorrow. That will actually be much higher humidity than I'm used to.

That's 800 calories an hour. Little high isn't it.

That's what I was thinking too. Although not sure it's quite that many calories.

He wants me to eat 1 package of Cliff Bloks per hour by eating a few every 15 min. That's 200 cal. Plus 80 cal for the Skratch.

280 cal/hr total

Pobrecito!

Actually, if you are going by a TV or newspaper weather forecast with a single humidity given for the day, that is not a good prediction of what it will be during your ride. To know that you need to know the dew point and current temperature. Then you look up the humidity on a chart that Google will be happy to direct you to. Using one dew point given for the morning hours is usually fairly accurate for the entire day unless big weather changes occur during that time like a rainstorm or front moving through.

Where is your prediction from? The RH forecasts for both LA and Santa Barbara are much lower than that. Depending on the time of day, anywhere from a high of 50% in the early morning to a low of about 11% mid-afternoon.

wut

Lable says 100 cal. per block x 2 x 4 = 800. Not for nothing was I admitted to med school.

Well that's a horse of a different color.

Admit it, you're trying to piss her off.

I see your wut and raise you 2 more wuts.

Yeah, I can see that.

[MENTION=364367]stoney[/MENTION], I have a question for you.

Mrs BD has a clear adhesive plastic film over her knee incision site(s) that allows her to take a shower and 100% prevents the wound from getting wet. Instructed to leave it alone for two weeks until the wounds heal.

This is a new revelation to me because I was from the apparently outdated school of thought that a wound needed air to heal properly. This plastic film obviously prevents that, and the nurse said these wounds heal from within. Is this a recent discovery or is it new technique?

I mean, I 100% trust in what they're telling me, it just conflicts with my prior knowledge.

Cliff Bloks are my favorite and I like the black cherry with caffeine. I put one package under thigh bike short leg with it open at one end. I each about about 8 pieces per hour while riding but I am not OCD about it. I shoot for about a large water bottle per hour of riding.

Yes, the power meter is accurate for calories i.e. kj = calories burned based upon a human efficiency of 25%. I would do both set a timer and monitor calories.

IMO, that is just the type of advice an athlete who is focused on long distance endurance events should get from a coach.

BTW, running the engine out of or low on water is not good. Power production is all about oxygen transport and body cooling and dehydration causes loss of blood volume which may effect both.

The "Air" that a wound needs is provided by delivery of blood to the wound bed. In the 1960's it was discovered that moist wounds heal far faster than wounds that are allowed to "dry out" and form a scab. The goal then is to select a dressing that protects the wound from contamination while allowing drainage to be absorbed. For fresh surgical wounds a transparent dressing is good as it is semipermeable and allows moisture to pass through while protecting the wound. Often a small puddle of serous or bloody fluid collects if this permeability factor is exceeded. It is of no consequence and should be left alone. Any sign of infection and you contact the surgeon immediately.
A fresh surgical wound is clean and heals very quickly.