Eating.

Its almost thanksgiving. Holidays are usually bad for me. I'm not a potatoes kind of person. My dinner plate probably will weighs about 1 lb. but my desert plate will weigh 4 lbs. Its a choice, not a good one, but I'll take responsibility for it.

Eating is something I haven't thought about this cross season. I remember listening to Road cat 3 racers talk about dieting when I first started. They had it down to a science which kind of freaked me out. 3 days before the event, eat chicken or salmon with pasta..yadayaydayaysda yada.

I usually just try to eat something. If I wasn't paying for it, I'd probably eat a salmon scramble from room 39 the morning of every race. Instead, I usually make a batch of waffles and share them with my oldest. I think I end up eating about 1k calories of carbs. I'll especially do this if I'm racing twice. I usually try to eat fruit during the day and 15 minutes before the race I eat a espresso clif shot.

Thats it. It could be better, and I probably should try to get better at it.

The main point about the article below that I like is the importance of recovery. Keck does this. He has a whole lunch packed to eat after his race. Recovery, eating well right after the race, pb/j, apple, pasta/chicken, all that. I'm going to try hard at that this weekend. The weather looks descent, it could be a lot worse. Friday, low of 48, saturday, 70% rain and high of 48, sunday, snow.

What to Eat?

Peloton Magazine.