It doesn’t take a genius to work out that we need to eat and drink to keep our fuel going for a race, and even less of a genius to work out we need more than we would consume than sitting around the office all day at work….but unbelievably as it may seem most have far less than that, they start off with a plan, can’t stand anymore then go backwards from there. The run reduces to a walk and the times blow out.

So today I look at what happens and why does this happen?

With the tri season coming into full swing for 2008 we'd like to give a good easy to read on nutrition for racing and training.

Whether it's sprint distance where you need that alert edge, Olympic or half ironman where nutrition is just as important to skim minutes off your time or ironman where the nutrition is just so important … read below for some tips plus general training info.