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70.3 Nutrition Plan

Yeah this has been in my mind lately, and I wanted a record of it so I had somewhere to start…

275 cals / hr on the bike 825-962
20 oz gatorade 125
1 pack of chomps is 180

150 cals / hr on the run 300-450
1 snack pack 110
cup of gatorade/cola 50

Nutrition Plan
==============
– Breakfast
– Energy Bar ~1 Hour before start w/ water
– Gu Gel ~15 mins before start w/ water

– Bike
– Water on AeroBars
– Gatorade on frame
– Water with chomps otherwise gatorade until gone

– First Chomp Pack ~30 min on bike

– Grab gatorade at mile 10 (stuff in jersey if not done yet)

– 2nd chomp at ~1.5 hrs on bike

– Grab gatorade at mile 20 (stuff in jersey if not done yet)

– 3rd chomp at ~2.5 hrs on bike

– Run
– Water at mile 1
– Gatorade/Cola at mile 3
– Water at mile 5
– Pretzals w/Water at mile 6
– Water at mile 7
– Gatorade/Cola at mile 9
– Water at mile 11
– Gatorade/Cola (if needed) at mile 13

October 8, 2012 |   nutritiontriathlon |   Comments (1)

One Comment on “70.3 Nutrition Plan”

  1. 11/2/2012 1:40 pm
    John says:

    Had some more thoughts on this… plan on getting a bike bag for my top tube (stuffed with fig Newtons). Will also have 3xsingle serving packs stuffed in jersey pocket.

    Bike
    —-
    Start with Gatorade on aerobars, empty seat tube.

    ~30 min 2xFig Newtons
    First aid station grab Gatorade
    ~60 min 2xFig Newtons
    ~90 min 2xFig Newtons
    Third aid station grab Gatorade
    ~120 min 2xFig Newtons
    Fourth aid station grab Gatorade
    ~150 min 2xFig Newtons
    ~180 min 2xFig Newtons

    Run
    —
    Mile 1 – Gatorade/Cola
    Mile 3 – Water
    Mile 5 – Gatorade/Cola
    Mile 6 – Preztals and Water
    Mile 7 – Gatorade/Cola
    Mile 9 – Water
    Mile 11 – Gatorade/Cola
    Mile 13 – Water


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