Re: OUT OF GAS- Carbo Wars

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/15/99 7:04:43 AM Pacific Standard Time, step@fsr.com 
writes:

<< Roger - Tom Ivers just got back from UAE - did
 some work with carbo supplementation during work.
 
 Tom - would you please share it with us? (and feel
 free to send your stuff to the whole list)
 
 Also - how/where can a person get a glucometer that
 can be used on horses??
 
 Steph >>


It was Abu Dhabi. We used 2-4 oz of Glycogen loader every 2 hours--the horses 
that got more did better and had lower post-race CPKs. The improved 
performance was very clear to the Sheikh and his team. I am under contract 
and can't talk a lot about what we're doing, but we're moving toward 
carbohydrate loading and supplementation rather rthan away from it. 

The races there are quite different from US races--all flat going, some deep, 
and higher rates of speed overall. The trip was mind-boggling. I was treated 
like just another Sheikh--lunch and dinner with Their Highnesses  Tahnoon, 
Hazza, Mansoor, and Muhammed, two weeks of intense work, midnight 
conditioning rides, falcon hunting, a butler at the hotel, a Rolex going home 
present, a year's contract--I am awash in gratitude to Sheikh Tahnoon. 

I am happy to be back on ridecamp. Healthy, treatments almost over, and, it 
appears, starting a whole new life. I will be happy to continue to exchange 
information with ridecampers, but can talk no further about what is 
specifically going on in Abu Dhabi. 

I need information about respiration rates--what's normal, what's abnormal, 
etc. Still have a lot to learn about this sport and need a boost from you 
guys.

ti


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