Kelsey HigginsonSports Nutrition Coach and Founder at Clutch Day Coaching

800 meter race nutrition plan

24 May 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief video, the speaker—presumably a coach or nutrition advisor—describes a pre‑race fueling routine used by a top‑level 4x800‑meter athlete. For a 7:30 PM race, the plan calls for a beetroot juice shot and a high‑carbohydrate snack (e.g., granola bar and dried mangoes) at 5:30 PM, providing energy while allowing two hours for digestion. One hour before the start, the athlete consumes an electrolyte drink and a caffeine dose calibrated to her body weight. The speaker notes that the athlete has been setting personal records throughout the season while following this protocol and encourages viewers to try it and report results.

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My athlete is on the top 4x800 team in the nation, and this is how she fuels for her 800-meter race. If she's racing at 7:30 PM, at 5:30 PM I would have her taking a beetroot juice shot and eating a high-carb snack, so like a granola bar and dried mangoes. What this does is give her energy and carbohydrates that she needs during that race, but that 2-hour window gives a long enough time for the food to digest so that she's not feeling it in her stomach while she's pushing it in that 8. And then 1 hour before, she's drinking electrolytes and then taking caffeine per her body weight and dosage. We've been following this all season long, and she's been PRing like crazy. Try it out and let me know How it goes.