I did a half IM two weeks ago. 5'9 and 188
(athena
), and am training for my first IM. I think I have the Half IM nutrition down, my plan worked out great. It was a very warm day
(40C with the humidity
) and I sweat a lot.
took in 3 bottles of eload, two packets of sports beans and a bottle of infinit
(and another of water - I find it too sweet
) on the bike. The race drink was infinit - I don't like infinit much but knew my stomach could handle it. I also took salt tabs at the beginning of the ride and one each at around 1 hr, and 2.5 hours
(biggish tabs
). So total cals in were around 800 cals and I was riding for around 3:12.
On the run I just took in water and infinit, one cup of each
(2-3 oz
) at each aid station
(~2 km or at my pace around 13-14 minutes
). tried a banana and pretzels as I forgot my salt tabs in transition and they didn't agree with me.
i didn't bonk in the race at all, just felt a little sick for a few km from the pretzels and banana.
My IM nutrition plan will probably be similar, but I will drink Powerade performance
(hopefully if it agrees with me - I just need to figure out if they ship to Canada
) instead of eload/infinit. Probably at around the same rate, maybe a little less if it isn't as hot. If powerade doesn't work with me, I will bring eload packets with me and mix along the way
(they have packets for 1 serving that would be easy enough to carry with me during the race.