I enjoyed participating in the St. Nick's meet at Ga Tech on Saturday! It was a well-run meet, everybody was very friendly, and the facility is beautiful. Thanks to Atlanta Rainbow Trout & everybody who worked on the meet. It was great.
Here's the question -- I don't like eating anything very heavy on the day of competition, so for breakfast I had a banana, a bagel with cream cheese, and about 6 cups of coffee. Warmups were at 10 am, I swam the 800 around 11:30, a few more events, and finished with the 400 around 5:30. Throughout the day I had plenty of water, red grapes, two more bananas, and three carbo power bar type things.
By the time the meet wrapped up around 6, I was RAVENOUS and about ready munch my way through downtown Atlanta. So I'm not sure this is the best eating plan for the day of competition, and even less sure how well it would work for a multi-day event.
What do you eat on the day of the meet?
... a couple of sausage biscuits and some hash browns...
Mother's milk in the south, right? Don't forget the gravy chaser. :)
General guidelines for me:
-- don't eat anything too too heavy
-- stick to my usual food for breakfast (bagel, cereal, fruit, yogurt are all fairly common foods for me)
-- don't eat foods I don't regularly eat
-- snack lightly but often throughout the meet, hopefully nothing that will cause blood sugar to spike. A light lunch if the meet will last that long.
-- keep well hydrated; a water bottle (perhaps filled with dilute gatorade) should be within reach throughout the whole meet
... a couple of sausage biscuits and some hash browns...
Mother's milk in the south, right? Don't forget the gravy chaser. :)
General guidelines for me:
-- don't eat anything too too heavy
-- stick to my usual food for breakfast (bagel, cereal, fruit, yogurt are all fairly common foods for me)
-- don't eat foods I don't regularly eat
-- snack lightly but often throughout the meet, hopefully nothing that will cause blood sugar to spike. A light lunch if the meet will last that long.
-- keep well hydrated; a water bottle (perhaps filled with dilute gatorade) should be within reach throughout the whole meet
