As with any extended workout, race or prolonged activity, a good nutrition plan is critical.  You need to keep your energy levels topped up, so that you don’t bonk towards the end of what you are doing.

My nutrition plan for long events, usually consists on only liquids, chews and gels.  For my challenge this weekend, I will be on the move for a long time, but at a relatively low intensity level.  This means I can incorporate other things into my nutrition plan, without a major risk of gastrointestinal issues.

During training, I have been trying a number of things as alternate foods to eat.  The majority of my nutrition will still be liquids, chews and gels, but I know that I will get sick of those, so have chosen a number of alternatives to tempt my appetite.  Cookies, candy and salty crackers are just some of the things that I will have at my ‘aid stations’.

With my challenge just a few days away, I am starting to get very excited.  I rode my bike on the trainer tonight, to keep my legs moving.  In order to ‘wake up’ my muscles, coach included a few, out of the saddle, 15 second sprints.  During one of those sprints, I hit an all-time high for 5 second power.  I was shocked; I didn’t expect my legs to be feeling that good.  My knee is also close to being 100% recovered, which is also great news ahead of the weekend.

It’s not long now…. in my next two blogs, I will be going over some of the details of what I plan to do for my challenge on Sunday.