Nutrition on olympic distance
There isn't too much information about the shorter courses on this site. I am wondering what the best approach to an Olympic is. In my first olympic I had a terrible run that I attribute to nutrition. My understanding is that in the olympic the heart rate will be even higher than a HIM so probably need to eat even less per hour, but what about morning of? Does it still make sense to 'Top Off' the glycogen tank? Should I follow the HIM guide, but then consume a little less per hour when racing?
This was my nutrition last time:
Breakfast 1: 1 Naked Juice
Breakfast 2: Oatmeal and Coffee
Pre swim: 1 gel
On Bike: Bottle with 1 scoop perpetuem (didn't finish the bottle though...), 1 gel
On Run: 1 gel
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That's about the same I use on an Olympic these days (6'1" @ 200+lbs), but with a bigger breakfast (about 600cals in a smoothie, or 2-3 naked juices while on the road).
Just like everything else nutrition-related though, it's something you've got to experiment with.
Interesting. Perhaps my run was really bad for different reasons. I am 5'9" and 135lb so maybe the amount I ate was about right.