Jan 17, 2023

HOW CHAMPIONS FUEL FOR EPIC RACES

I'VE BEEN EXPERIMENTING QUITE A BIT WITH FUELING. Calories per hour, at certain levels of effort. Getting it right...

... means laying down fast time.

Getting it wrong.

Not so much.

For many years, I strove to consume 300 calories per hour in a race or intense training session. I was religious out that. How I consumed them...

... was dependent on the terrain.

A road race, could be mostly food.
A rough and technical MTB race, all liquid from a hydration pack.

However, that has changed.

Not the methods depending on terrain, the amount of calories.

Now, I shoot for 400 calories an hour.

I perform better.

Interestingly, even though I may consume 1600 calories in a 4 hour session and according to the apps burn double that amount of calories...

... I'm not famished after the effort and I recover better.

But, anybody could and should play around and dial in their calorie consumption. Amateur and pro...

... but, champions devour a different kind of fuel.

When it all goes sideways, when all looks lost, when quitting is about to happen the champion...

... feasts and devours the past victories and triumphs.

Racers cannot conquer on bread alone.

Which is why journaling is an integral part of the 10-Week Challange

Have you started it?

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162.4
8.5 hrs Sleep
1 RaceDay Ready Strength Circuit
20 minutes recovery
60 minutes reading + Journaling