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Bastion – your race day nutrition
Posted on May 12, 2017 by jofrancis in Nutrition, Training PlansHow much? The body stores around 90 mins worth of glycogen fuel in your muscles and organs but once this is used you need to be continually replenishing your carbohydrate stores. A general guideline for a long distance endurance event is that you should be consuming around 1 g of CHO (carbohydrate) per kg of […]
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Eating and drinking tips – sprint and standard event
Posted on April 25, 2017 by jofrancis in Nutrition, Website ArticlesEat well while you train – 7 top tips Okay, so you have signed up for an event and are about to start training. Do you have to change your diet? For most the answer will be no – a good healthy and varied diet will do the job just great. If you are […]
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Event Nutrition – sprint or standard event
Posted on April 25, 2017 by jofrancis in Nutrition, Nutrition, Website ArticlesWhat to eat during the event In this article we will discuss what and how much to eat during your event to make sure that you have a great time. Event Breakfast It is really important that you begin your event with all your energy stores topped up. Having a breakfast meal restores your liver […]
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I am training – what and how much should I be eating?
Posted on January 9, 2017 by jofrancis in NutritionI’m often asked this question by sprint and standard distance athletes that are following a structured training plan for the first time and also by iron distance athletes wanting to make sure that they are fuelling their training correctly. So, for both of these groups, the following article provides some basic information and sensible guidelines […]
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