Fuelling during enduro
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Hi guys,
I've signed up for the Gorrick 100 and the Bucks Off Road as well as hitting the 12 hour 24/12 solo in July. Until then my best training and thus nutrition experimentation will come from two 60km events on top of my regular training.
In terms of fuelling during a general ride or race, I generally use the rule of thumb of about 50g carbs per hour and about 500-750ml of water per hour.
Does this just carry on through for enduros or should I be aiming to have something more solid at some point? Or will this just cause me to feel sick?
I've signed up for the Gorrick 100 and the Bucks Off Road as well as hitting the 12 hour 24/12 solo in July. Until then my best training and thus nutrition experimentation will come from two 60km events on top of my regular training.
In terms of fuelling during a general ride or race, I generally use the rule of thumb of about 50g carbs per hour and about 500-750ml of water per hour.
Does this just carry on through for enduros or should I be aiming to have something more solid at some point? Or will this just cause me to feel sick?
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To be honest you need to try a few things out and see what works for you - suggest you do this on long training rides rather than races, gets expensive and frustrating otherwise!
I generally do shorter races, but doing a 12 hour solo (Torchbearer at 24/12) I just did exactly what I do in XC races - bottle of High 5 a lap with some Elete Water. I supplemented that with a combination of 'real' food - Jelly Babies, chocolate muffins, Mars bars, and Torq gels. Was fine, I was pretty paranoid about blowing up or getting massive cramp so was actually taking it a bit easy. Sped up on the last lap and ended up being my quickest by some way. YMMV.0
