Pre-event nutrition

1) What are the distances.

2) What are you eating? When do you eat it. When do you race?

3) How does your race pace for the swim/bike compare to training pace?

4) How much training do you typically do? How long have you been training?


There are a lot of factors here... and some basic facts are needed.



Edited by KSH 2009-08-03 5:26 PM

O.K., I've done an Oly and a HIM (the HIM was most recent).

I ate a banana before I left the house in the wee hours. The race started at 7:00 AM. I also consumed several gel packs during the bike ride.

My race pace for the swim and bike were a little better than my training pace. For the run it was a lot slower.

I trained using a HIM program I downloaded from this website (Bronze). I was doing something 6 days per week with several bricks mixed in. I did the full 20 weeks and missed 0 workouts. The intensity varied by week, but I felt like I trained well.

This is my second year doing tri's and I did a pretty good winter maintenance program.

Have you read the Hammer fueling handbook yet? Not a bad guide on nutritional aspects.