Half Ironman Distance Races

Nutrition during the Half Ironman Distance triathlon?

I'm going to race my first Half Ironman Distance triathlon in early October, previosuly done Olympic distance. I'm worried about how to look nutrion Olympics i just used gels and Gatorade. But this race is more … any thoughts?

If you have trained, you can probably survive an environment with your basic nutrition plan for an Olympian. However, if you want to do good and not suffer much in the race, you should really think about what you are eating and when you're eating. In my opinion, the most important time to have a plan for the bike. You'll probably be excited, and it's easy to forget to eat. Error. If you do not take in calories now, you'll feel it in the race. Big time. How many calories an hour you have taken on his bike on longer rides? The magic number for me is 300, which seems to be common. If you break up the calories a bit of time, your body is better able to digest them. As I'm sure you know, eat as physically exerting itself can be tricky. This is just what works for me. Plan to share a bike 3 hours, so about 900 calories. I have three bottles of water. Each one has 100 calories, and I drink one every hour. I also have three baggies, two of them have Clif six blocks each, and has a circuit breaker Bonk cut into 6 pieces. That's 200 calories per bag. I take a piece every 10 minutes. Thus, I get 200 calories of food, and 100 calories of liquid, for a total of 300 calories per hour. When I get to first aid station, I throw my first empty bottle, and bring a bottle of water from the station. That way I can drink as much as I want. That make sense? The race is pretty much survival for me. If things are going well, the water that I switch in a season, Gatorade and the next. If the things are not going well, I try to be just make the best choices you can. During the Ironman Arizona last year I subsisted on water, salt tablets and glue. To 26.2 miles. Not very smart, but I survived. Different things work for different people. I've heard of people eating all kinds of stuff. It clear that there are many different bars and gels, but also bananas, gum, crustables BJP, packages of peanut butter, whatever. Just make sure you practice in training! Good luck!

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