A send day, fueled by plants

Some days you just know. Conditions line up, skin is good, the beta's rehearsed. This is what [ATHLETE] ate on the day [she/he/they] finally clipped the chains on [PROJECT], in [her/his/their] own words.

The night before

"I don't do anything exotic the night before a real attempt. Big bowl of pasta with lentil bolognese. It's my default because it's boring, and boring is what you want. Digestion is not the adventure I'm looking for on a send day."

Breakfast, 6:30am

"Oatmeal, always. Peanut butter stirred in, banana, hemp seeds, way too much cinnamon. Coffee, obviously. I eat breakfast like it's part of the warmup, because it is. This meal is what's in the tank for the morning burns."

At the crag

"I graze constantly and I'm not precious about it. Dates and a bag of trail mix live in my pack. Between burns it's a couple of dates, some water, shake out, chill. Around midday I eat a real thing. Today it was a hummus-avocado wrap that got a little crushed and was still perfect."

The send burn

"Went up around 3pm feeling weirdly calm. I think being properly fed is half of that, honestly. Low blood sugar and confidence do not coexist. Stuck the crux move I'd fallen on all season and the rest was just… not letting go."

After

"Celebration burrito. Beans, rice, guac, everything. There's a version of this sport where food is math, and I lived in it for a while, and it made me weaker and it made climbing worse. Now food is just fuel and joy, and I'm climbing the hardest I ever have. That's not a coincidence."

The pattern worth stealing

Strip out the specifics and the template is dead simple: boring reliable dinner, breakfast that means it, constant grazing at the crag, one real midday meal, celebration without a speech. No secret foods. Just a full tank, all day.

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