Last year, every race I did, I felt really ill afterwards. This year, my focus is getting proper nutrition.

Saturday I had a 21 mile mountain bike race. Here was my nutrition plan:

Night before:
Dinner: Quinoa and Spring Vegetable Salad
Evening Snack: Old Fashioned Oats with soy milk

Day of:
Breakfast (2.5 hours before race):
Banana, UltraMeal Shake, 8 ounces of water, 8 ounces of coffee

Gradually sip on water bottle from breakfast to race start

Gu packet 5-10 minutes before race

During Race:
48 ounces of water mixed with 3 scoops of Endura
1 Gu Packet at 12 mile mark
(this is 2x the amount of calories I would have taken in last year)

I had sucked my camelbak dry with about 4 miles to go. I have to say, I had a great race. I felt like there was fire in my engine and power in my legs.

Post race, I felt good. I wasn't sore or tired. I was able to do a good, hard long run the day after and didn't feel too much muscle fatigue. This is a complete turn-around from races in the past where I was completely destroyed for the rest of the weekend. Yay!

I feel like I'm starting to get things right.

What are your nutrition plans for racing?