To optimize performance through nutrition complex carbohydrates should be consumed 3 hours prior to your race time.  These foods are all provide complex carbohydrates.

 

1:30 pm for a 4:30 race time.

 

Pasta

Macaroni
Spaghetti

Brown rice

Potatoes

Root vegetables

Whole meal breads

Grain bread

Brown bread

Pita bread

Bagel

Wholegrain cereals

Porridge oats

All bran

Corn

Yam

Oatcakes

Peas

Beans

Lentils