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I HAVE A COUPLE AFTERNNON MEET AND I USUALLY ONLY EAT PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICHES FOR LUNCH AND 2 WHITE MILKS IS THIS OKAY TO EAT THE DAY OF A TRACKMEET

PB and J is an excellent pre-meet meal. Milk is not a bad choice, unless it upsets your stomach. I was always told not to have milk, yet I never had a problem with it over my three years of highschool running. Also, I would advice you to try different things, but only on practice days, not days on which you have a meet. Experiment and find what truly works for you.

If your name has anything to do with the event you do- the 200, I can't see how that lunch would be bad. You're in a sprint event, and your food is easy to digest and probably out of your stomach by meet time.

Peanut butter? Are you kidding me? It's one of the slowest items to digest and creates gas. (No, the gas will not make you faster.)

My suggestion... eat at least 2 hours prior to your first event. A fresh plain bagel and a pear or two. Wash down with real fruit juice - watered down orange juice is good. Avoid the milk unless it is skim. And... important point: do not overdo the eating. There's plenty of opportunity to eat afterwards.

The concept of preparing for an event is to have enough calories to get you through the meet and to be well hydrated.

You want to stay away from anything that takes a long time to digest and anything that will spike your blood sugar. The right carbohydrates will keep your blood sugar in check.

Bananas and whole grain bread are a very good source of the right carbohydrates. Bananas have a low glycemic index which means they will have a sustained release of glucose over a long period of time. A light lunch consisting of raw fruits and vegetables should start you off. About three hours before you compete drink a high calorie home made smoothie using the concept I explained.

A good recipe might contain two Bananas, 8oz of orange juice with some strawberries. The last ingredient to add to boost the calorie count and give you several other benefits would be a shot glass of flax seed oil. This will add 360 calories by itself to your smoothie. Why flax seed oil? Flax seed oil contains 8grams of Omega3s per tbl spoon. The Omega3s will promote an anti-inflammatory response and help with respiratory efficiency which is very important to a runner. This smoothie will also give you all the natural electrolytes you will need. Combine this with 16oz of water an hour and a half before you compete should set you up to maximize your performance and allow for a quick recovery.

I would out of instinct disagree with the advice to drink or eat antyhing that contains fruit juice, but I do more distance events and the acids tend to affect my stomach. I dont have much experience in the sprinting events, but my advice would be to eat lots of carbs like pasta and whole grains and load up on water with maybe some protein in there as well like a hard boiled egg or something as breakfast that day.

I would out of instinct disagree with the advice to drink or eat antyhing that contains fruit juice, but I do more distance events and the acids tend to affect my stomach. I dont have much experience in the sprinting events, but my advice would be to eat lots of carbs like pasta and whole grains and load up on water with maybe some protein in there as well like a hard boiled egg or something as breakfast that day.