Sample day of eating from a true athlete

Tera Moody is a runner based in Boulder, Colorado, who finished 5th place in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials of the Women's Marathon.  She runs twice a day often, but not always.  Here's her typical eating on a two-run day.

Workout 1
Water
Pre-workout: Oatmeal with cinnamon; decaf coffee with soymilk; water
Post-workout: Bread with peanut butter; grapefruit; water

Breakfast
Scrambled eggs with bell peppers and mushrooms
Herbal tea

Morning Snack
Almonds
Liquid Iron Supplement
Emergen-C Vitamin drink (By the way, I drink this too....I love it)

Lunch
Plain turkey sandwich
Water

Workout 2
Water
Pre-workout: PowerBar Endurance drink
Post-workout: Pear

Dinner
Steak
Steamed asparagus with olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper
Baked potato

Evening Snack
Dark Chocolate


This is a good glance at one of the world's top performing endurance athlete's diet for the day. 

This might inspire you or shock you...you might be realizing how much food that you consume each day....and you are not working out 2 times a day!  We might not be a world's best endurance athlete but we can sure eat like one! 

This was taken from a book called "Racing Weight" by Matt Fitzgerald.