Fueling And Racing - It Takes Practice
I wanted to touch on fueling for an event but I am not going to go into detail about how many calories and what type of calories or sports drinks you should be consuming. There are so many articles out there about what to take and how much to take during a race. As a coach I always tell my clients to practice what they are going to fuel with during their training leading up to the event. I give them suggestions and tell them to try a few different sports drinks because each person is different and what works for me may not necessarily work for someone else. Once I give them a few suggestions I make sure to tell them to practice with what they are using during their long workouts. I'll ask them how their fueling went during training and often they say great. Then as we get closer to the race often they tell me they are going to try something else because someone told them about a different product. I don't suggest anyone change what they are doing close to an event unle