I’m curious as to what your recommended breakfast is for an event like Steamboat Gravel? Also, when to eat it? Often these races start at 8am and I would normally arrive 1- 1.5 hours early to set up and do a 30-60 minute warm up. However I wouldn’t normally get up at 4am to eat breakfast as I’m seeing suggestions of eating 3 hours prior to a race which really isn’t feasible - any insights you can share would be appreciated as all of my events this year are pretty similar to Steamboat Gravel they just aren’t at 10,000 feet !
For Steamboats’s 7am start - you won’t have time to do more than and quick breakfaster 5:30-6am-ish. Do not get up at 4 am
Treat your dinner the night before as your pre-race meal. For the morning simply top off your glycogen stores with an easily digestible meal like mueslie, oats, with banana so forth. Time will be of the essence so I would not even go the rice n eggs route.
An energy bar accompanied by a piece of fruit and/or bowl of oatmeal is also good. Long answer short: that early don’t try to eat a full breakfast since you’ll be eating so close to the race. Eat a big dinner the night before.
