*I can not recomend using a nutritional suppliment like Boost, Ensure, Slimfast, Spiz, ect. enough. There are a lot of them out there. My favorites are Boost and Ensure. Boost and Ensure seem to be the most economical in terms of bang for your buck. Nutritional Suppliments seem to go down when it is hard to eat anything else. If nothing else, you should carry them as a just in case thing.
* If you use Boost for the above reasons. Take off the seal under the cap before the race. They are hard to take off during the race.
*Hand held microwave Campbell's chicken noodle soup is an awsome way to get both calories and salt. Also, they are easy to cary and easy to eat during a race. This fact is true if you are supported or unsupported.
*Bring either saltines or oyster crackers for the race. In terms of an epic failure of your body rejecting all food, saltines and/or oyster crackers are the best baseline food of trying to at least get something digested.
*At night, if you eat apples, it will help keep you awake. My doctor told me this one. I do not know why it works, but it does work.
*If you can get it, a meal from McDonalds during a hard part of a race (example-morning of day 2) can sometimes go down better than any other food.
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