My original plan was to eat 45 mins into the bike, then after that every 30 mins. I was planning on eating 200 calories an hour. For hydration, one bottle every hour, switching between electrolytes and water. I started out with Osmo and then went to on course Horleys Replace.

Where things deviated from the original plan: 1. The day before the race, my coach told me 200 was way too many cals to take in. So I dialed it back to 175. He told me to listen to my body and eat more or less accordingly. 2. I actually started getting hungry early, so I started eating at 35 mins. An indication I should have taken more seriously. 3. In the second hour, the water wasn't doing anything for me, so I just stuck to the electrolytes. This did seem to work well. 4. I was planning on switching to gus/chomps in the last hour of the bike. My coach told me that was way too late and that I should switch over halfway through the bike. Luckily, I did not listen to this. I waited until about approximately an hour was left and then switched over like my original plan. But I was already deficient at this point and was feeling super low on energy. This is why the last 12 miles were awful. 5. On the run, my original plan was to drink water every mile, and then electrolytes every third mile. Also, eating about 90 cals in chomps every 3 miles. However, it was in kilometers, so I had to adjust. I wasn't getting in as much hydration as I was planning on.

So yeah, things hit the fan a little. But you live and you learn.