Nutrition

Best Pre-Race and Post-Race Restaurants

I am once again on a quest. I want to compile a list of the best pre-race and post-race eateries. Everyone seems to be looking for a nice starchy, carb-heavy restaurant the night before the big race and I know that I am usually starving by the time I get my gear packed up after the race.

Let’s share our favorite places. Just post your restaurants in the comments section below and I’ll pull them up and add them to the main part of this page so we will have an ongoing resource.

Flagstaff, Arizona
Races: Mountain Man Triathlon, Soulstice Mountain Trail Run

• Oregano’s Pizza Bistro: The ultimate pre-race dinner. Oregano’s has artfully blended Italian cuisine with the flavors of the Southwest. The Alfredo the Dark ($8.69) is spiral pasta covered in Alfredo sauce and kicked up with Poblano chiles. An incredible blending of flavor! A bit heavy perhaps, but dang, it was good and I couldn’t stop stealing forkfuls from my wife’s dish. I had the Pasta Basta ($8.29) which features penne pasta, spiced feta cheese, kalamata olives, pine nuts, sun-dried tomatoes, and olive oil infused with garlic and hot peppers. And you can’t forget the desert! Their Pizza Cookie ($4.99) is delivered piping hot to your table in a six-inc pizza pan and covered with three scoops of vanilla bean ice cream.
• MartAnne’s: This little hole-in-the-wall located in the historic downtown district of Flagstaff is just about as good as you can get for a post-race Southwestern breakfast. The huevos rancheros are awesome and is anything on the menu with green chiles. Anything. Be prepared to wait though. While the service is good, the seating is extremely limited and there is usually a gaggle of hungry customers waiting outside (it’s too small to wait inside!) for a table. Note: I can’t find anything on the Web that gives me their street address. If anyone knows it, please pass it along.

Boulder City, Nevada
Races: Rage in the Sage, Las Vegas Triathlon, Pumpkinman Triathlon, Six Tunnels Half Marathon

• Two Gals from Cal (1632 Nevada Highway): Since just about every Las Vegas triathlon is held in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Boulder City is where you’ll find your most convenient meals. Two Gals offers a decent post-race breakfast or lunch for a reasonable price and is on the main drag coming out of Boulder City and heading toward Las Vegas. It’s a family-run operation with good food and good prices.

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