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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]my swimmer likes a plain turkey sandwich with lettuce, no cheese no mayo, some pretzels, apple, gatorade[/quote]

YMMV but that seems like a lot when your [b]race is less than an hour away[/b].

At long meets that cross over a meal time we do something like above but have DC time it during the longest gap between races or else eat it piecemeal.  With less than an hour until race time I'd do something with simple carbs to get the boost.  Crackers with a tiny bit of peanut butter or cheese.  Or maybe a banana or apple.  [/quote]

I'm guessing finals warm up is at least an hour, and kid may come out of prelims session having missed a meal and hungry. A small sandwich, or half of a sandwich before warm ups and half after depending on finals timeline seems reasonable.

You definitely want a good mix of healthy carbs and protein.

Hopefully with short turnaround there is the option to be in the back half of finals warm ups. For example, the RMSC meet this weekend has the older kids warming up first half of finals warm ups giving the younger group about an hour from the end of their session to the beginning of their warm up and even if you are a 12yo in the last event of prelims and the first event of finals, about 2h between races.

My kids bring a variety of snacks like trail mix, fruit, and sandwiches and eat what feels good. [/quote]

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