Triathlon; Pre-race Meal

Holty74
Holty74 Posts: 50
edited July 2008 in Training, fitness and health
Hi,

I'm competing in the Olympic distance at the London Triathlon this year for the 1st time. I've been given my race start time as 8:30am and with this i'm kinda struggling on what the ideal pre race meal would be?

I did a warm up on saturday by completing the full distance at the start time i was given. I ate a bowl of porridge with fruit 2hrs before starting. On the bike i had a bottle with lucozade sport in and a bottle with water and the same on the run.

I felt fine until say 3k into the run, hit a rather large hill and really started to feel the lack of energy. i completed it in a decent enough time (i think) 2hrs 45secs but was dying on my ar*e on the last 1k, headache forming etc

I would appreciate it if anyone could give me some tips for the meal before thats worked for them? also on the bike, should i use the botle split of a sports drink and water?

your help is much appreciated

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  • BlackHelmet
    BlackHelmet Posts: 113
    Having a good meal the night before is also important. I would rarely have more than a bowl of cereal and a honey bagle for breakfast (with a banana & some honey shortly before race start). It's also important to start drinking as soon as you get on the bike. If you don't fancy gloop on the bike then tape a couple of gels to your top-tube.

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