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yup, so thats 112 miles but I also have to do a bit of running afterwards.

Profile Aero-bottle (front): Energy Drink (gatorade). I'll keep the bottle topped up from aid stations on the course and I'll aim to be drinking about 500ml/hour.
Bontrager speed-bottle (downtube): Decanted SIS isotonic energy gels. I'll aim to have the equivalent of a gel every half hour. I know I could get these on the course but experience has taught me that these are often banana flavoured powerbar gels. I don't like powerbar at the best of time and have a pathological hatred of bananas so I'd rather take my own. People often tape gels to the top tube but I find using a bottle far easier. If they are passing up solid energy bars I might have a nibble depending on how I'm feeling.
X-lab (rear): LHS is toolkit/spare tub (glued or unglued)/CO2, Pit-stop immediately behind the seat. RHS 500ml water with nuun (electrolyte). It's this water that I could ditch if I was worried about the weight. There should be plenty of water on the course and experience has tought me that I'll probably barely touch it. But, I like the fact it's there in case I have any troubles taking in other fluids during the race. It's mainly there for piece of mind.

If I did get rid of the water I'd move the gels the vacant x-lab cage to keep them out of the way of the wind.

** edit. Not at Dorney I'm afraid... IMAT is this weekend too :) **

Wow, pretty interesting. So that downtube bottle is rammed full of gel?