#653- Race Day Nutrition Plan

 Don't know if I've mentioned it here before, but I'm doing a lil' triathlon called Vineman here this weekend. I haven't really talked about it that much, I guess because there's SO much else to talk about....HA! I'm killin' myself over here!

Anyway, wanted to start off this Triathlon Tuesday with sharing my drum roll please...
Race Day Nutrition Plan! This is putting all the pieces of the tri puzzle together:

~4:45am (IN CAR)- sweet potato w/almond butter + 8 oz water, coffee
(This is perfect fuel/timing for a 7am start!Takes about ~2hr for carbs from sweet potato to release ENERGY!)

6:15 am (T1 set up) 1/4 Scoop of LeanDessertProtein + 4 oz water
6:30am (watch pro's and have wet suit on) 1/2 Raptor Bar + 5oz water
Go PEE, even if I think I don't have to
7:00 am Swim Start!

Bike: (gels taped to bike)
At ~30' - Accel gel + 5oz water
At ~1:15' start sipping on Amino Vital w/water in my big water bottle. Take salt tablet
At ~1:45' - Accel gel + 5 oz water 
At 2:45- ½ Accel Gel

Run:
Out of T2- 1/2 Raptor Bar (in tri top) + 4oz water
30 min - 1/2 Accel gel (in tri top)  plus water
Take water at every aid station

At 1:15 into run- Accel Gel (in tri top)

Immed after Race- 

1 banana OR Pineapple or Watermelon

3/4 Ultramet (don’t have anything else), water

1:20 later- lunch (keep portions small EVEN THOUGH you may want to eat a lot)

2:15 later- Snack- 14 Pretzel Nibblers + Nectarine + ½ string cheese

OR Mocha Frappucino Light 

This is my Nutrition Plan so far. Still need to figure out when to take the other salt tablets, and if I need more on the run. But it helped writing the plan in a post, as I've never put this entire plan into action (nor have I raced a dang Half Ironman!). How's it look? Oh, and the picture above is how I'll look before the swim (that's Johnson's Beach behind me. The swim start).

And your next question may be if I have race time goals for each leg of the race? I do. And (I think) I'll post em' maybe later this week.;-)