FitGen. What should I know?

[Eldron]

2km is way too short to require any kind of supplemental energy product. A good breakfast 2 hours before the race should be all she needs.

 

It sounds like she needs a mental boost rather than a physical one. Find a nice healthy fruit bar and give it to her 30 mins before the race and tell her it's designed to make her go really fast:-)

[Sniffie]

Eating something within the 2 hours before such a short race would be more detrimental than helpful. You really want your gut empty, you don't want your blood, digestive and energy systems tied up with digesting and clearing the gut. Finish eating at least two hours before the gun, and on the start line you can give her some 'magic potion', more for phsycological effect than physical.

 

And if she, and you believe it should be fitgen, then use it, but stay away from solid foods in the 2 to 3 hours before the start. Also take the energy drink right before the start, if taken to early it will cause an insulin spike which will have the exact opposite effect of what you have in mind, as the insulin fooding the body will have a lethargic effect.

[Johan_Kleynhans]

 

 

Eating something within the 2 hours before such a short race would be more detrimental than helpful.

 

They have some of the important races early in the morning. That is why I want to give her something like an energybar or half a bar instead of breakfast. She does not like to race on an empty stomach. Last year she ate a banana before SA's but like I said she battled to keep it down.