I was so surprised/grateful/impressed by all the help I got to my question about entering my first crit, that I thought I'd press my luck with another question.
Do you have a special meal the day before the race or the morning of the race?
I'm prolly equally clueless about a performance diet as I am about bike racing.
My race day (crit in the afternoon) plan is to eat a few three-minute eggs (I like 'em anyway) and several pieces of toast w/margarine & jam till I feel comfortably full. Then banana & oranges around noon. Race is 2 hrs later and I thought I'd take a power gel at the start and have one ready to go mid-race.
I was so surprised/grateful/impressed by all the help I got to my question about entering my first crit, that I thought I'd press my luck with another question.
Do you have a special meal the day before the race or the morning of the race?
I'm prolly equally clueless about a performance diet as I am about bike racing.
My race day (crit in the afternoon) plan is to eat a few three-minute eggs (I like 'em anyway) and several pieces of toast w/margarine & jam till I feel comfortably full. Then banana & oranges around noon. Race is 2 hrs later and I thought I'd take a power gel at the start and have one ready to go mid-race.
Am I a dumbass yet?
You sure are.
Is the crit a part of the Local Gay Games by the way?
If so don't forget to pick up your pink tights at the Dry Cleaners
My race day (crit in the afternoon) plan is to eat a few three-minute eggs (I like 'em anyway) and several pieces of toast w/margarine & jam
I don't know how ths relates to performance, but to health: avoid margarine. Use butter or a simple oil. Margarine has trans fats, the long-term consumption of which is increasingly associated with health problems.
JT
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"Richard" <usethispart->[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:
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My race day (crit in the afternoon) plan is to eat a few three-minute eggs (I like 'em anyway) and several pieces of toast w/margarine & jam till I feel comfortably full. Then banana & oranges around noon. Race is 2 hrs later and I thought I'd take a power gel at the start and have one ready to go mid-race.
Am I a dumbass yet?
Yes, you are. You're overthinking this. It's a Cat 5 crit, right? So, what, maybe 30-40 minutes at most? Just don't eat for an hour or so before the race, put some Gatorade in your bottle, and don't forget to drink during the race. You'll be fine.
Mine is an Egg McMuffin and a large diet Coke. Buurp "ODH_Bikes" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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My favorite is Galaxy Granola www.galaxygranola.com w/ bananas for breakfast...maybe a whole wheat bagel (you want to avoid starch) w/ jam. Coffee of course.
I don't start w/ the energy food till I am on the bike, in a crit all I can hope to get down is a gu or 2. Anything longer than 75 min and I need a cliff bar about every hour. The trick is to start eating before you need to, I try to get something down within the first 20-30 min of a race.
Find a drink that works well for you, I cramp really fast if my drink is too strong, so I stick w/ Gu02 when racing. Lots of my friends swear by Revenge.
"I logged a lot of miles training for that day. And I downed a lot of donuts. Little Chocolate Donuts. They taste good, and they've got the sugar I need to get me going in the morning. That's why Little Chocolate Donuts have been on my training table since I was a kid."
Jim Phelps said:
Mine is an Egg McMuffin and a large diet Coke. Buurp "ODH_Bikes" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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My favorite is Galaxy Granola www.galaxygranola.com w/ bananas for breakfast...maybe a whole wheat bagel (you want to avoid starch) w/ jam. Coffee of course.
I don't start w/ the energy food till I am on the bike, in a crit all I can hope to get down is a gu or 2. Anything longer than 75 min and I need a cliff bar about every hour. The trick is to start eating before you need to, I try to get something down within the first 20-30 min of a race.
Find a drink that works well for you, I cramp really fast if my drink is too strong, so I stick w/ Gu02 when racing. Lots of my friends swear by Revenge.
"Bleet Norf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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"I logged a lot of miles training for that day. And I downed a lot of donuts. Little Chocolate Donuts. They taste good, and they've got the sugar I need to get me going in the morning. That's why Little Chocolate Donuts have been on my training table since I was a kid."
....complete with cigarette?
I die from side stitches everytime I even think of that sketch.
