Subject: Race Nutrition for Sprint DistancesI wanted some opinions -
My typical SPRINT distance race day nutrition consists of waking up around 4AM and eating a whole wheat or oat bran bagel w/ all-natural peanut butter. I'll also start sipping on my water. By 4:30AM I'm working on 8-10 oz of black coffee (just to clean me out and wake me up ).
By the time I reach the race site, I have finished my coffee and I am back to drinking my water. 15-20 minutes before the swim start I take a GU. I have Accelerade (14oz ) on the bike portion. A GU and water on the run.
I'm changing a couple things this weekend. I think I'm gonna continue w/ the bagel at 4AM but instead I could use some sort of fruit jam/preservative. Continue to drink my water and coffee and take a GU 15 minutes prior to the swim. I am ditching my water bottles (10-12 mile course ). I almost NEVER drink from them. When I do it bothers me on the run. I figure that for a SPRINT it is useless. I'm also ditching the GU during the run.
I should still have enough nutrition to make it thru a 1/4 mile swim, 11.5 mile bike and a 5K shouldn't I? I would think so. I typically finish my sprint distance races anywhere between 1:05 and 1:25 minutes. This approach should be OK - right? |