Or do they eat on the lighter side the night before a race?
Or do they eat on the lighter side the night before a race?
Most of the elites have switched from grain based carb sources like pasta and bread to more easily digestible carb sources like potatoes and rice.
no one with any sense does the traditional carbo load anymore.
Meaningless for the that distance.
Why would you carbo load for a mile race?? It only takes about 50-100 calories.
Iifj wrote:
Why would you carbo load for a mile race?? It only takes about 50-100 calories.
Glycogen in the muscle to reduce the chance for major bonk, especially if it's hot out.
Roswell wrote:
Iifj wrote:Why would you carbo load for a mile race?? It only takes about 50-100 calories.
Glycogen in the muscle to reduce the chance for major bonk, especially if it's hot out.
I find it downright detrimental to try and load. For a goal/championship race I'm more concerned about getting to the start line at ideal racing weight rather than bloated with all the carbs. Especially if you have tapered for the championships, you'll have plenty of glycogen stores. Its only a few minutes of intense work so you don't need to load.
crete wrote:
Roswell wrote:Glycogen in the muscle to reduce the chance for major bonk, especially if it's hot out.
I find it downright detrimental to try and load. For a goal/championship race I'm more concerned about getting to the start line at ideal racing weight rather than bloated with all the carbs. Especially if you have tapered for the championships, you'll have plenty of glycogen stores. Its only a few minutes of intense work so you don't need to load.
Much of the weight gain from a carbo-load is water storage, I believe. I think we require ~2.2g of water to store 1g of glycogen (or something similar). This is good, especially if it's a hot race.
Roswell wrote:
crete wrote:I find it downright detrimental to try and load. For a goal/championship race I'm more concerned about getting to the start line at ideal racing weight rather than bloated with all the carbs. Especially if you have tapered for the championships, you'll have plenty of glycogen stores. Its only a few minutes of intense work so you don't need to load.
Much of the weight gain from a carbo-load is water storage, I believe. I think we require ~2.2g of water to store 1g of glycogen (or something similar). This is good, especially if it's a hot race.
The race is 4 minutes long. Overheating is not an issue. And weight gain is weight gain: I don't want to carry excess water around in a race.
crete wrote:
Roswell wrote:Much of the weight gain from a carbo-load is water storage, I believe. I think we require ~2.2g of water to store 1g of glycogen (or something similar). This is good, especially if it's a hot race.
The race is 4 minutes long. Overheating is not an issue. And weight gain is weight gain: I don't want to carry excess water around in a race.
I understand, for sure. I guess we'll agree to disagree on the importance of hydration in this hypothetical situation.
Roswell wrote:
I understand, for sure. I guess we'll agree to disagree on the importance of hydration in this hypothetical situation.
There's no need to agree to disagree. You're just wrong. You aren't going to overheat during a 4 minute race. And like I said before, you don't need to worry about carbs because a mile takes less than 100 calories to run.
You're biting the troll bate, bro.
Most African elite milers get a free pasta meal the day before a race. That's their reward after having lived on water, herbs and prayers during the rest of the year. For many of these top runners that's a much bigger event than winning some stupid non-edible gold medal.
They're loading up on something with a little more iron.