Hi, I would like to know if anyone else out there is training for competetive sport. I am training for the fall road racing season, hope to run several races in Oct and Nov, ten kilometer. I have been trying different diets before running hard training, for example low carb, mediuum carb, and higher and lower fat levels. For example, today at breakfast I had bacon and eggs, a few mini tomatoes and grapes, and some lettuce. Also vitamin and fish oil supplements. The run went great this morning, I ran 90 minutes, with about 30 minutes of high speed training in that. This was in the full sun. When I got home I didn't feel hungry or thirsty (I drink between stages of the run to maintain sweat). I feel pretty draggy during the first 20 minutes or so of the run, but then feel strong for the rest, I think that is the last bit of glucose burning off, not enough to really fuel the run, then the fat burning metabolism kicking in after the glucose is gone. I try to get a lot of variety in my diet, mixed nuts, fruits, berries (good frozen ones in the super these days, and more from the garden) veggies of many sorts, several kinds of meat and some fish, every day. I also nibble on what edible weeds I can recognise in the garden. So I think the diet is pretty good from a basic standpoint. But I wonder if anyone on the list is trying Paleo diet and hard training, and what experience they are having. I asked this same question last spring and got some interesting info and ideas. Hope to get some more. I am trying to increase my calorie intake, and use a LOT of olive oil in cooking. I also eat fatty foods like avocados and nuts, take fish oil capsules, and eat pretty fatty meat. Is anyone training in ketosis? Do you find that carbs help or hinder your training or competition? So far low carb seems to allow me to train hard. Maybe I should deliberately carbo load and see what happens. I do not really know if I am in ketosis or not, not having any of those pee strips. Obviously, after a meat and eggs breakfast, followed by 90 minutes run, not much glucose can remain, so I figure I am in ketosis at this point, but I wonder about the rest of the time. Is there any way to tell without the strips?