What you eat the morning of your race can make all the difference to your performance. Skip breakfast at your peril! But just because it's a serious business doesn't mean you have chow down on something tasteless. These recipes are either quick to make or can be prepared in advance, and all are supremely delicious and packed with the fuel you need to perform your best.
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1. Breakfast muffins
If you're short of time on race day, or don't fancy eating first thing, then these breakfast muffins are just the ticket. Whip up a batch in advance and you'll be sorted. Banana and wholemeal flour provide slow release energy, with molasses and sultanas giving an instant energy hit. The eggs and seeds provide protein.
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Breakfast muffins recipe at Olive Magazine
2. Overnight bircher muesli with cherries, peach and coconut
Another breakfast that you can prepare in advance so all you have to do on race day is eat it. This bircher muesli is a great way of packing in nutrient-rich fruit in an easily digestible package. Sweet cherries and peaches complement creamy coconut, with oats providing the complex carbohydrates you need to fuel your body over the day.
3. Baked avocado with smoked salmon & egg
4. Granola
5. Banana and nut muffins
6. Bircher muesli with chia seeds
7. Ham, spinach and egg buckwheat galette
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