Pre-event feeding is sorted; pasta is my friend and there is in fact porridge with banana and maple syrup in my belly as I speak. Life is good - these free and easy carb days are quite rare on the Incredible Shrinking Andy diet. Event feeding is something like:
* Last food 2h before start along with a short coffee and prophylactic hayfever meds. (From experience: 2h means my belly's empty and I won't need to do a Paula)
* Energy/electrolyte drink on the bike. Plan on taking a good gulp while getting up to speed and again a mile or so before T2, plus sipping where handy.
* Handful of jelly babies at T2. Cheap and cheerful sugar hit to spruik me for the run. Drink stations along the run...
* Another bottle of electrolyte spoo for T3 'cos after the last one I was wobbly and nauseous for hours for want of it. And then everything in sight, starting with the butty cart and moving on to vending machines, small children and local wildlife.
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* Last food 2h before start along with a short coffee and prophylactic hayfever meds. (From experience: 2h means my belly's empty and I won't need to do a Paula)
* Energy/electrolyte drink on the bike. Plan on taking a good gulp while getting up to speed and again a mile or so before T2, plus sipping where handy.
* Handful of jelly babies at T2. Cheap and cheerful sugar hit to spruik me for the run. Drink stations along the run...
* Another bottle of electrolyte spoo for T3 'cos after the last one I was wobbly and nauseous for hours for want of it. And then everything in sight, starting with the butty cart and moving on to vending machines, small children and local wildlife.