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After an "A" race I get a Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese

typically everything in sight. but usually i will hammer down a giant burger with a beer and ice cream to top it off

Always McDonalds on the drive home. After that it's deck time with a cigar and some booze, and more booze.

Better question is what doesn't get eaten

The biggest greasiest cheeseburger with everything on it. 5-Guys if there's one in the area. In a pinch I'll go for a double Whopper.

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Whatever you can easily get a hold of, no limitations especially beer.

Beer, and the the following from CookOut - Bacon Cheese Burger, Sweet Potato Fries, Chocolate Milk Shake. HEAVEN!

sierra nevada pale ale. accept no substitutes.

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it is weird that i never really have much of an appetite after,including the day after, my IMs. I think the halves too. don't take in much nutrition on course either. maybe it is an "old" thing.

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good for pre-race nerves too.

Sprint, olympic or half-mary: Breakfast burrito or some sort of breakfast combo that includes eggs, bacon, hash browns and pancakes.

Marathon: Burger, fries, beers.

Honu 70.3: Post race party food & beers on the beach (included with race fees)

Oceanside 70.3: In N Out

Austin 70.3: BBQ...pulled pork & baby backs from a roadside stand

Ironman Arizona 2008: In N Out

Ironman Switzerland 2011: Domino's Pizza delivered to the lobby for about $100 (no restaurants were open on Sunday evening).

Ironman Los Cabos 2014: Room service Burger, Fries & French Onion soup (all that was available at he resort)

Ironman Cairns 2014: Steak & Baked Potato with 3 beers.

Me too! Food is normally the last thing I want after a hard race.

I drank a can of Mountain Dew right after a race thinking the sugar would help me out...I can say that it tasted almost the same coming back up.

jaretj

pay 700$ for ironman... can only afford to eat at mcdonalds or other fastfood artery clogging dumops. lol.

I go to an all you can eat brazilian steak house or nice brunch place.

Watermelon and German beer because that's what's usually available at the finish at local German races.

I used to be a vegetarian. I noticed that I'd CRAVE a burger pattie like nothing else after any really long run in hot weather. That burger pattie would be the only thing I could think of in the last stretch of the run. So I promised myself that after a marathon or whatever A race it was I was training for, I'd go to McDonalds afterwards and indulge. I've stuck with that tradition for 15 years now: McDonalds after every big race. I've had McDonalds in Cape Town, South Africa; Alexandria, Egypt; Yeovil and Buntingford, UK; France (Medoc? - can't remember); Copenhagen, Denmark; Vancouver, Canada, and every time I've gone to races in the US. My husband and I have this deal where the person who did the race gets to talk about the race ad nauseaum. It's been fun to experience different McDonalds in different countries - mindboggling how uniform they are and how little a common language matters when you're ordering! - and to have something we consider our own little tradition.

Anyway, I usually skip the post-race food right after I finish and wait until we get to a McDonalds. Then it's a Quarter-Pounder meal.

I am with ya Kathy. I always want to be hungry after a race and make big plans for this beer and that food but never feel hungry after.

At the finish line of any race, if available, watermelon. I don't ever really feel like eating much after a race of any distance, assuming I am racing it and not just participating.

A few hours afterwards? Whatever I might normally eat.

Beer. A pile of hottttt chicken wings. Beer. Waffle fries. Beer. Then usually hit up some frozen yogurt or something in the evening.

I miss this. When I was stationed at Camp Pendleton, and raced O'side every year, we always stopped at the In-N-Out on hiway 76 on the way home.

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Pretty much everything that's not nailed down.

Not sure why you directed this at me...especially since I didn't say anything about McDonalds (haven't been to one in years).

You must be out there a really long time if brunch places are already open when you finish an Ironman.

I've found that my choices are a bit limited after an Ironman. Once I finish, grab a bit of the post-race food, get a massage, collect my bike, transition bags, get back to the hotel and grab a quick shower, the options are somewhat limited...especially on Sunday.

For instance, in Cairns the race started at 7:45 AM, I finished just before 8:45 PM, I was ready for dinner about 10-ish. The Brazilian Steakhouse was closed and the closest open restaurant was in the casino...where I had a steak. I had a great breakfast & dinner the next day.

10-piece bucket of KFC!! extra crispy, gotta go to the restaurant and eat it while it's hot!

I forgot to add pancakes--lots of them and add chocolate chips...DAYUM!!

Dominos, beer, icecream and/or cookies

Depends on the length. After 70.3 FL it was Steak and Shake. 1 Oreo and 1 vanilla milkshake. After St. Anthony's it was a local resturant for the best French Toast I've ever had. Pretty much the only reason I race St. A's anymore.

Ten-ounce filet mignon, medium-rare, with a giant slice of carrot cake.

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The point is, ladies and gentleman, that speed, for lack of a better word, is good. Speed is right, Speed works. Speed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.

Diet coke immediately after.

Chocolate milkshake (rich & creamy) once the tummy can handle it.

This is going to be my go to dinner after IM Chatt this year. Less then a mile from the finish.

I travel and do most of my races around Vegas (Rage, Pumpkinman, SG 70.3) and I always reward myself with a trip to Sammy's LA Pastrami for a Pastrami Burger w/ Fried Egg and a Caramel Shake. I would guess it's about 56,789 calories. Boom.

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Why don't we take a 5 minute brake...?

wow, I've never eaten this, but i sure looks good right now. I'm on track for beer, burgers and a trip to Ben and Jerry's on Sunday. I'll be trying to regain all the weight I've lost in the last month in 1 night.

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For those that like a beer after...

http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/....1139/apnm-2013-0576

Maybe not the most optimal choice.

Oh god. Dudes on this forum knocking pre/post race beers need to chill the fuck out.

Seriously bro, we do this for fun. Having a beer after a race is amazing.

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Extra toast on the side. I'm getting hungry looking at this, currently trying to ship 15lbs...

Maybe some peoples' perception of fun is different to your own. Drinking a poison after exceptionally hard effort(s) seems counter-productive to me.

Not to mention the mere thought of drinking alcohol post race would be enough to induce nausea.

A 2000 cal shake of milk, ice cream, protein powder and fruit is my choice.

Thanks Mom!

Man, that needs some black pudding on it!

Grimaldi's Pizza or Bachi Burger

May have to try Sammy's LA Pastrami now. :)

That's where we eat after the Mud Run every year.

Don't critique my beer and I won't knock your pussy ass post race meal.

Cool with that man?

There seem to be more and more softies on the boards these days.

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As well as 3 for a PB carbo-loading.


After a race, for some reason I really love a can of ice cold Coke first thing. Not a bottle, not a cup - must be a can.
Then beer. Many, many beers.

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I first try to get what they have at the race.

Then my favorite is to stop and get a large vanilla Milkshake with a togos sandwich.

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I binge once in a while too. Then I curl up in a ball in the shower, cut myself and cry. Afterwards I rub a large deep dish pizza slice on my genitals and say, "oh you like that don't you, you want that pizza slice fat boy don't you".

Most of time, my post workout/race shake includes cup w/g oats, banana, 30g cheap walmart whey protein, and cup of skim milk.

Grrr, yeah, drinking alcohol is so *hard*.

A shit load of Haribo Gummi Bears, Red vines and Starburst and a gallon of water.

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DISH is how we do it.

Not for me! Just some HP Sauce.

It's funny, as based on what I had read, and my research I had planned on putting 'good calories' back into my body after my first ironman to help with the recovery process... Then I walked into a supermarket and this presented itself....

^^^ real life laugh on that one.