Anthropometry and Dietary Intake before and during a Competition in Mountain Runners

Table 2

Prerace day nutrition and dietary intake during mountain races in elite athletes.

	Prerace day diet	Race diet
Energy intake	3199 ± 701 kcal/day; (2463; 3935)	336 ± 364 kcal/race; (−46; 717)
Fluid intake	2783 ± 1543 mL/day; (1164; 4403)	927 ± 705 mL/race; (187; 1665)
Relative water intake	—	449 ± 376 mL/hour (55; 844)
Carbohydrate intake	497 ± 128 g/d (362; 632)	68 ± 76 g/race (−11; 148)
Relative carbohydrate intake	8.3 ± 1.8 g/kg/d (6.4; 10.2)	23 ± 22 g/hour (0; 46)
Protein intake	99.8 ± 29.2 g/d (69; 130)	11 ± 11 g/race (0; 22)
Relative protein intake	1.65 ± 0.31 g/kg/d (1.32; 1.97)	4.0 ± 3.2 g/hour (0; 46)
Fat intake	85.8 ± 30.8 g/d (53.6; 118.1)	0.7 ± 1.6 g/race (−1.0; 2.4)
Relative fat intake	1.4 ± 0.5 g/kg/d (0.85; 1.95)	0.3 ± 0.5 g/hour (−0.2; 0.8)

Data are given as mean ± SD (upper; lower 95% CI).