Avoid the bonk!!

Proper recovery starts as soon as your workout begins. Often we don’t maximise the quality of our training because we haven’t been thoughtful enough in planning our nutrition for the day.  As a busy triathlete, having healthy energy bars (Raw Food Bars,  Lara bars, VEL bars etc.), bananas, apples, trail mix… stashed away in the pockets of your swim bag; hidden by that bush on your long run route; jammed in your cycling pockets – is critical. If you get to a point in your workout where you feel light headed and “desperately in need of calories” you are getting close to that edge – the edge where you start to hinder your ability to recover properly from your training and to get ready for the next workout. It is important to fuel immediately after (and during) a big workout and not to let yourself get too hungry.