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It's race week! Travel, nutrition and performance tips

NUTRITION/BODY IMAGE Rock the race day breakfast Changing your perception of "race weight" Eat for performance, not reward Go ahead, indulge! Post Race indulgences Don't be afraid of sport nutrition  Don't let your body image ruin your race Simple and effective race fueling tips Avoid dehydration  PERFORMANCE Successful athlete tips Embrace your competition on race day Race smart in unfavorable conditions Race tips - get yourself race ready Master the mass start How to spectate like a champ  (for your family/friends) Let it go: How to move on from a bad race Recovery tips from race to race Mental skills tips (from Dr. G) How to find your race week zen Taper do's and dont's Enjoy a healthy taper TRAVEL Going international - travel tips for athletes Smart meals for traveling triathletes Race-cation: plan smart Here are some videos that I did with Oakley Women:  PRE RACE NUTRITION TIPS ...

Don't let your body image ruin your race

Race week is an exciting time. It's a time to reflect on the hard work that allowed you to be physically prepared for race day. Race week is also a time to bottle up energy to use for race day. We always tell our athletes to save their  best performance for race day and race week is no exception. Patience is a virtue. Race week is extremely special because it signifies the end of a journey. There was once a time when you couldn't do the things that you can do now and that's because you had a timeline when you started training and you worked hard to get to where you are now. The deadline has come and you are ready.  You are ready to perform with your healthy, fit and amazing body.  There are many negative thoughts that can fill an athlete's head during training and race week magnifies those thoughts to the extreme. Every thought becomes bigger, scarier and more nerve-wracking. Some athletes do a great job of managing those thoughts whereas other athletes tend ...