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Nutrition

A lot has been written about what to eat before, during and after racing. Much of this is completely unintelligible and of less nutritional value than the paper it's written on. The basic concepts of feeding have always been the same; a balanced diet of carbohydrates, fats and protein. With this in mind I present to you the ideal race weekend diet for the armchair triathlete. As with all aspects of our sport it pays to train, so I suggest that you train your stomach to accept this regime as often as possible

Night before - Beer (Carbohydrate), Peanuts (Protein), Pork scratchings (Fat)

Morning before - Eggs (protein), Sausage (Fat), Bacon (protein), Fried bread (Carbohydrate), Beans (who cares!!) and a strong cup of coffee (hydration, stimulants). Optional, Non-steroidal anti inflammatory (that's aspirin to you) in case of carbo overload the night before).

During the race - food is for wimps! Some orange squash in the drinks bottle and a can of lager for transition is all that's required.

After the race - Now is the time to throw caution to the wind and celebrate with all those foods you have denied yourself. Remember man cannot live on fry ups alone.

The armchair coach