Race Day Mistakes – Don't Do This!

Murphy’s Law says if something can go wrong, it will. When it comes to a race, problems with delivering a carefully chosen sports drink, gel, or blok are common. This is not a laughing matter when you’re in the middle of a 100- mile bike race, or a half-Ironman tri.

Here are a few of the bloopers I heard about from athletes who thought they were well prepared: 1) new camelback, used only once during training. Turned out this camelbak was longer, and made it impossible to strap a waist-pack that was going to hold liquid gels. Bad mistake, and cost this 100 mile mountain back rider a bad bonk.  2)  Switching from a sqeezable gel, to a blok for quick energy. Different packaging made it very slow to access the bloks, which were great, once opened.

Choosing the right sport product is only the first step in race day nutrition support. Consuming it is the next. Don’t get caught unprepared.  Have a plan, test it out, and have a back-up plan. That’s what makes a successful and fun race.

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