wannabefaster wrote:
Racing is hard and everything gets unpleasant. If you stop taking in your calories because "It got too sweet" then you don't have the mental toughness to embrace unpleasant things.
Though I'd say it's perfectly fine to just race shorter distances and not "embrance unpleasant things." I like a good Olympic-distance race. And focus "mental toughness" on more high-end speed, legitimately fast running, and other skills rather than "enduring crappy sweet crap."