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IM 70.3 nutrition help
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 2007-04-19 8:16 AM |
Expert  1195    Shelby Twp |  Subject: IM 70.3 nutrition helpSo Im training for the half, and Ive been winging it on nutrition ever since I started running. I think I need to try and get a little more specific. Anyone have any good advice, articles, or book suggestions on nutrition for the longer events? Thanks |
| 2007-04-19 8:31 AM in reply to: #768019 |
Coach 10487 Boston, MA | Subject: RE: IM 70.3 nutrition help you don't have to use the hammer products but this link has great info. |
| 2007-04-19 12:33 PM in reply to: #768019 |
Champion 5345 Carlsbad, California | Subject: RE: IM 70.3 nutrition help I am in the same boat as you. I did my 1st HIM a few weeks ago and found my nutrition to be just a bit thin toward the end. Nothing that I felt impacted my performance, but was definitely on fumes coming into the finish. I read the Hammer Nutrition Guide that everyone here seems to really like. It did have some good info but I was a bit leery of taking nutrition advice from a company that sells nutrition products. Someone in the nutrition forum recommended a great book that I am reading now and feel like I have a much better understanding of it takes nutrition wise. The book is carefully written and bold (Sometimes contraversial) statements are made with cites to supporting research. The book is only about $15 US (A real bargain) and is well worth it: Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition by Anita Bean Note that there is also similar book by the same author that is tailored specifically toward women endurance athletes. |
| 2007-04-19 12:41 PM in reply to: #768567 |
Coach 10487 Boston, MA | Subject: RE: IM 70.3 nutrition help WaterDog66 - 2007-04-19 12:33 PM I am in the same boat as you. I did my 1st HIM a few weeks ago and found my nutrition to be just a bit thin toward the end. Nothing that I felt impacted my performance, but was definitely on fumes coming into the finish. I read the Hammer Nutrition Guide that everyone here seems to really like. It did have some good info but I was a bit leery of taking nutrition advice from a company that sells nutrition products. Someone in the nutrition forum recommended a great book that I am reading now and feel like I have a much better understanding of it takes nutrition wise. The book is carefully written and bold (Sometimes contraversial) statements are made with cites to supporting research. The book is only about $15 US (A real bargain) and is well worth it: Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition by Anita Bean Note that there is also similar book by the same author that is tailored specifically toward women endurance athletes. You might like or not their products but that doesn’t mean that the info they provide on their guide is not accurate and useful. It should be obvious if you are reading a book about nutrition. Anyway, yes can do a Google search to get more sources about proper nutrition or buy one of the many books out there. But that guide is short and it does a good job explaining the basics. After all, nutrition shouldn’t be that complicated… |
| 2007-04-19 1:15 PM in reply to: #768579 |
Elite 2915  New City, New York | Subject: RE: IM 70.3 nutrition help amiine - 2007-04-19 1:41 PM . After all, nutrition shouldn’t be that complicated… Once again Jorge gets a gold star. KISS. Figure it out on your long training rides. Here's what worked for me on my only HIM. I will repeat it 2x this year Bfast - bagel w/ PB 2-3 hrs b4 cliff bar 45 mins b4 (maybe, depends if my stomach is doing pre-race backflips) Bike: 3 scoop bottle of Perpteum on down tube. replaced w/ gatorade at hand up, water in the aero bottle. alternate gels and uncrustables on the 1/2 hour Run - some gels as insurance but I ate and drank what what was offered. 1/2 banana & coke. never felt the need for aynthing else and finished feeling fine. The uncrustables were trial and error. I needed something besides gels. I know there are healthier things but I cudn't get down a cliff bar and fig newtons and combos were to dry. Just a sample for you to ponder.
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| 2007-04-19 2:03 PM in reply to: #768579 |
Champion 5345 Carlsbad, California | Subject: RE: IM 70.3 nutrition help I was not suggesting that the info was innacurate  Just that I was a bit suspicious of a company that sells products putting together a nutrition guide. FWIW: I don't mind Hammer products. I did find the guide somewhat helpful in explaining some things but did think it would have been a better read if they had cited more references to support their statements. |
| 2007-04-19 2:45 PM in reply to: #768019 |
| Subject: RE: IM 70.3 nutrition help From someone who almost nailed the nutrition on the bike, but blew it big time, on the run, for his first HIM, it's well worth spending the time. I'd start with a baseline of how many calories you need for your body weight - you may be higher or lower - and start experimenting. Can't speak to anything referred to in this thread, but I'd stress to work on the run nutrition with the assumption that your body may or will already be calorie deficient. Or at least with an acnowledgement that you have been exercising for 3-5 hours prior to starting the run. it's that last little bit that somehow slipped my mind :^ |
| 2007-04-19 3:48 PM in reply to: #768019 |
Master 4101 Denver | Subject: RE: IM 70.3 nutrition help Find out what they are going to have on the course and try to train with that. For example, if they are going to have Gatorade Endurance at the aid stations, use that in your training. If they are going to have Hammer gels, pick some up to try them out. It might happen that you don't care for what will be supplied or it doesn't agree with your stomach in which case you'll want to take yur own gels with you. |
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