Best pre-race meal.

[ryan_comeaux]

Best pre race meal? Go.

[Jake Rosenfeld]

black bean, brown rice, sweet potato, jicama burrito with salsa.

There is more go in this meal than you could ever imagine. you need to experience it to believe it.

next.

[TandemRider]

For me it depends on the race, 45 minute crit is usually a small ham or turkey sandwich with some cheese on white bread, nothing vinegary like pickle or mustard, 2-3 hours in advance. I think this is more to settle my stomach than anything. I don't need it as fuel, if I can't race 45 minutes on stored glycogen I'm not going to be competitive anyway.

Long RR is another ball game, nutrition matters more here, bonking sucks. Long chain carbs with a bunch of protien and some cheese, usually in burrito form. Lots of potatos, brown rice, chicken, maybe some scrambled egg, whole wheat tortilla in the burrito. Again, I have to watch the vinegar and heat. I eat this about 1.5 - 2 hours before the start. No sugar for the whole day before the race (I don't eat it anyway) watch the glycemic index.

I try to not get too absorbed into the "only suitable pre-race meal" because when I travel to races it's not always available, and I love doing the bigger races.

[liv2bike]

Something you are used to eating that you know you can digest and it won't upset your stomach. No time to experiment. Just eat what you know. I typically do rice and eggs and some sort of fresh fruit.

[jmgorman]

Eggs and rice did it for me today. Was perfect.

[lukasz]

For the usual crit/cross race it is whatever I can get down that morning and not notice in my stomach later. The blander the better. I'm a fan of oatmeal. And coffee. Always coffee. I know it ain't good for you but it's good for me.

[TMB]

black bean, brown rice, sweet potato, jicama burrito with salsa.

There is more go in this meal than you could ever imagine. you need to experience it to believe it.

next.

Honestly, that would be my fear.

[false_aesthetic]

fruitloops: cuz racing should be fun
bananas: cuz beta-blockers make racing more funner
pop-tarts: cuz your first hand-up happens when most of your friends are waking up.

[ryan_comeaux]

You gotta get on the juice game too. Carrots, apples, ginger, kale, beets, and lemon all jammed into a juicer, morning of. The best

[MarkC]

1/2 cup oatmeal with 2 tblsp chopped walnuts and coffee.

If I'm not feeling the oatmeal, perhaps an almond butter and jam sandwich.

[lukasz]

You gotta get on the juice game too. Carrots, apples, ginger, kale, beets, and lemon all jammed into a juicer, morning of. The best

Oh man that sounds good. A vitamix is arriving here soon. Things are going to get crazy.

[Brandon White]

You gotta get on the juice game too. Carrots, apples, ginger, kale, beets, and lemon all jammed into a juicer, morning of. The best

Man - I've done a fair amount of juicing over the last 2 years. That before a race ... no way. I might feel energized, but my stomach feels like its eating itself - and of course the other side effects.