If I am anticipating a long meet day and having to skip lunch, I eat an enormous breakfast. I'll have french toast or pancakes with scrambled eggs, orange juice and coffee. I eat this at least two hours before my race. If I am racing early (8 a.m.) I modify this a little bit because of time constraints. There have been times when I have felt hungry going up to the blocks. Needless to say those weren't my best swims...During the meet I drink a sports drink by Advocare, nibble on Power bars and consume a couple of Power gels. After I am done swimming for the day I use a recovery drink by Advocare and try to get a complete meal within a couple of hours. This is what works for me -it has taken quite a bit of trial and error to get to this point...
If I am anticipating a long meet day and having to skip lunch, I eat an enormous breakfast. I'll have french toast or pancakes with scrambled eggs, orange juice and coffee. I eat this at least two hours before my race. If I am racing early (8 a.m.) I modify this a little bit because of time constraints. There have been times when I have felt hungry going up to the blocks. Needless to say those weren't my best swims...During the meet I drink a sports drink by Advocare, nibble on Power bars and consume a couple of Power gels. After I am done swimming for the day I use a recovery drink by Advocare and try to get a complete meal within a couple of hours. This is what works for me -it has taken quite a bit of trial and error to get to this point...
