The Night Before Your Big Race

You should be on the couch.

Not walk­ing around

Not din­ing out

Not clean­ing your bike

Not pack­ing the car

Not wash­ing your race knicks

Not adjust­ing your position

Not oil­ing your chain

Not pump­ing your tyres

Not smash­ing a massive pasta meal

Not shop­ping for last minute race food

All that crap should have been done yes­ter­day or earlier in the week.

It’s a trap! Leave everything to the last minute and all you do is wind your­self up into a stressed out frenzy.

Months of train­ing, sac­ri­fice and hard­ship to be ruined by a lack of pre­par­a­tion and fore­thought on race week.

Key Tips

Don’t do any­thing that you wouldn’t nor­mally do — espe­cially on the night before the race.

That includes eat­ing a big past a meal

Most new play­ers fall into this trap of ‘carbo load­ing’ the night before the big race. All you’ll do is make your­self feel list­less and lather­gic on race day because you’re not used to pro­cessing that type of food in such a large quantity.

You’ll ruin your race at the 11th hour.

Eat light, drink plenty of water, breath, don’t watch cycling/triathlon movies that are gonna get you so pumped you wont be able to sleep. Relax, chill, read a book and get an early night.

Easier said than done, but with a little plan­ning a week out from the event, serenity can be achieved.

Here’s an uncon­ven­tional method for carbo load­ing

Good luck.

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