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<\/a><\/p>\nWhile this is not optimal for someone that plans to be racing until 2pm-ish, I’m ready for it.\u00a0 I might potentially be willing bargain a small piece of my soul for a rogue cold front that bumps that down to something like 75 high, 60 low though!<\/p>\n
Nutrition plan:<\/p>\n This is a lot different than it was even a few months ago.\u00a0 I’m trying to keep my carbs from sources that I know make me feel good, and not bloated and yucky.\u00a0 Also, I used to be so anti-gel, but they’re just so much easier, guys.\u00a0 I’ve also trained with at least one flavor of the brand of gels I know are on the course, so if shit hits the fan and I forget EVERYTHING, I can just roll with Cliff vanilla and live off the course and be fueled by frosting.<\/p>\n It kind of scares me how I’m going pretty much anti-what-everyone-tells-you to load up on pasta and bread and rice and stay away from fat and protein and for the love of god don’t eat fruit or veggies for fiber.\u00a0 However, I’ve had stomach problems at a lot of races since I started following that advice, or even if I didn’t, I always had issues getting nutrition down during the race.\u00a0 This is what has sustained me lately around my training sessions, I’m able to get down a lot more calories during training, and I’ve felt better than I ever have, so I’m going to give this a try.\u00a0 Matt Fitzgerald can tell me “I told you so” later.<\/p>\n Pre-race food:<\/p>\n Day before breakfast, probably a bulletproof coffee for the drive and\/or maybe some breakfast tacos (on corn) or maybe a kind bar or nuts or fruit or whatever as I’m hungry. Something very tried and true, but trying to never get beyond a state of mildly peckish.<\/p>\n Day before lunch, I’m planning on hitting up the steakhouse that we ate at 2 years ago.\u00a0 On the menu will be either chicken or steak, potato, and salad.\u00a0 As much as it will pain me, I’ll stay away from the bread and absolutely NO desserts.<\/p>\n From late afternoon until bed, I’ll snack.\u00a0 Planning on bringing fruit, some corn or potato chips, maybe microwave mashed potatoes, some nuts\/nut butter, and maybe another small iceberg-y salad and I’ll snack to my tastes.\u00a0 No wheat, rice, beans, or veggies (iceberg doesn’t count) at all.<\/p>\n AM: Purple stuff and kind bar upon awakening.\u00a0 Maybe some fruit as I putter around.\u00a0 Another kind bar closer to the race.<\/p>\n Race nutrition:<\/p>\n Yes, I am a dork and have my flavors picked out.\u00a0 I’m sure it will change on the course, and I’m sure you will be on the edge of your seat to know IF INDEED I TOOK THE PB CHOC AT EXACTLY 2 hours. \ud83d\ude1b\u00a0 And no, my race plan doesn’t involve tacos.\u00a0 I am as surprised as you.<\/p>\n Bike:<\/p>\n Hydration: start with grape gatorade since it’s my favorite, hit every bottle exchange to fill aero bottle, so that means to be empty by then (which means ~20 oz full strength gatorade per hour).\u00a0 Keep a downtube of grape gatorade so when lemon lime gatorade makes me want to puke, I can have a reprieve and skip a bottle grab (or use it in between).<\/p>\n 30 mins into bike: salted watermelon caff gu<\/p>\n 1:15 min into bike: lemonade non-caff gu<\/p>\n 2 hours into bike: pb chocolate caff gu<\/p>\n 2:45 into bike: apple cinnamon non caff gu<\/p>\n Have a pack of chomps and some jelly beans available.\u00a0 Eat them as hungry\/needed, which shouldn’t be much with this schedule.<\/p>\n Run:<\/p>\n I’ll start this with my handheld of warm grape gatorade (not intentionally, but it will be in my T2 bag from the night before and I remember the change in flavor was worth the temperature) and take aide at the stations as needed.\u00a0 I can do gels with gatorade, but if I time it right I can take them with water, so I’ll try to do that.\u00a0 There’s the opportunity to get aide like once every half mile so it should work out.<\/p>\n Mile 1-2 on the run: salted watermelon (caff), or rootbeer (non-caff) evaluate need for 303s (The question I ask – is the pain I’m in general soreness I’d do better without, without risking injury to myself? The last two years, the answer was yes.).<\/p>\n Mile 5-6 on the run: whichever I didn’t take the last time, or my pineapple non-caff if I’m over caffeine at this point, evaluate need for 303s again if not taken.\u00a0 Also evaluate need for salt pills.\u00a0 Realize this is a hail mary since you’ve never taken them in training, so this would be a SERIOUS bonk happening.<\/p>\n Mile 9-10 on the run: if I can possibly get another gel down, it will be here. If my stomach can handle it, this will probably help me in a major way the last few miles.\u00a0 I don’t see myself wanting to caffeinate at this point, so one of my spare gels or grab a vanilla from the course.<\/p>\n Goal Posts:<\/p>\n And, now, it wouldn’t be a pre-race post without some goals.\u00a0 I can’t lie, I have a time in mind, and I really want to get there.\u00a0 Everything is showing me that I should be able to do it, and maybe more depending on what I have in me Sunday.\u00a0 However, I want to also establish process goals so that if the unexpected happens, and that time is out the window, I can still have something to work towards and goals to meet.<\/p>\n A time goal is the time I’m shooting for.\u00a0 B time goal would net me at least a PR for that leg (that’s how far I’ve come this year, which is already a victory).\u00a0 A process goal keeps me focused and in it, B process goal is mostly about fun and keeping it light.<\/p>\n Swim:<\/p>\n T1:<\/p>\n Bike:<\/p>\n T2:<\/p>\n Run:<\/p>\n This is hard.\u00a0 I know where my fitness is, and I know what I’ve run off the bike before, and I know what I’ve done in races, and I know I have surprised myself a lot on runs lately and held back a little.\u00a0 And I know I’m in a whole different zip code with my running fitness than I was 365 days ago.\u00a0 There’s a huge gap.\u00a0 I am really not sure where my edge is.\u00a0 So, here’s a lot of scenarios…<\/p>\n Total time:<\/p>\n And now, my parting thoughts and what I’ll be trying to hang onto at the race.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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