Subject: How much to eat IM race morning? Trying to plan my race morning for IMFL next weekend. For Gulf Coast HIM, I took in only one scoop of perpetuem about 3 hours before the race and 1 shot of hammer gel 15 minutes prior to the swim. I was thinking of doubling my caloric intake since IMFL will be twice as long (seems to make sense, right?) and wondered if this might be too much. I looked for an article on this site for information on how many calories to take in on race morning and all I found was a guideline for nutrition during the race. Then I went to Gordo's site and he has an article saying you should take in 1,000 to 1,500 calories 3-4 hours prior to the race and "no more than 200 calories per hour the last 3 hours" prior to the race. I'm no nutritionist or pro triathlete, but DANG that seems like a lot. 1,000 calories would be about 8 scoops of Perpetuem, or 5 shots of hammer gel and 4 scoops of perpetuem. I can't imagine taking this much in at 3 a.m. Anyone have any advice on what they did on IM race morning? Typically before long training rides I will have a banana and shot of hammer gel. I never eat before my long runs, just one shot of hammer gel to start. So I don't want to overdo it IMFL morning. Thanks! |