Race Day Nutrition - what do the Training Today Athletes actually do?

This week, Ade, Ian, Becky, Izzy, and Will talk about how race day nutrition works for them and what they do pre-race, during taper, during the race and afterwards.  It turns out Ian's approach to tapering of lots of rest with lots of food may not be the best one 😂

 

Some links while researching:

https://www.bucketlisttummy.com/race-day-nutrition/ 

https://uk.wahoofitness.com/blog/ask-experts-eat-ironman-race/ 

https://www.ironman.com/news_article/show/1041027 

https://www.smartendurancesolutions.com/race-day-nutrition-70-3-ironman/ 

 

Coach Question of the week:

• (From Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/triathlon/comments/z86iys/havent_ran_in_a_month_how_much_fitness_did_i_lose/)
• I haven’t run in a month; how much fitness did I lose?