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Saturday I rode 105 km on an empty stomach with no energy drink or gels or bars. One bottle with a Zero tablet and half a bottle with water.

 

Only took 2 date balls (homemade), first one I ate at about 90mins and the other at about 2h15. At 2h50 I had half a banana and the other half at about 3h20.

 

It was the first time that I rode this long on an empty stomach and without energy drinks. Although it wasn't near race pace (I ave 27.6 km/h) I was surprised how good I felt considering the lack of training so far and the fact that I only had very little carbs. I don't know how much carbs are in the date balls, but it can't be as much as suggested in the article.

 

This weekend I will ride 112 km and see if I can push a bit harder.

 

The aim is to train low carb and race high carb for fat loss purposes. What I've heard is that by doing this your body can absorb calories more quickly and therefor deliver it to the muscles more quickly. After reading this article it sounds like bullocks or is there perhaps some truth in this?

 

 

Worth reading: http://www.thecorediet.com/blog/the-triathlon-fueling-window/

 

"What this shows is that with a low carb approach, yes, you may improve metabolic efficiency and reduce the amount of fuel your body requires, but it comes at a significant cost! You also reduce your ability to digest and handle nutrition. Overall, you reduce your available “fueling window” (difference between what your body needs and what your digestive system can handle) and likelihood of success".

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Don't confuse race day nutrition with training nutrition. For some it may be the same thing, but for most of us we actually want to end up with a negative energy balance. With training you also have time post training to replace whatever you need to

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The most important aspect of fuelling your body is that your brain uses a huge amount compared to the abundance of muscles used to power your body. Google it. Absolutely fascinating! "Is the Brain Fueled by Fat, Protein, or Carbs? The human brain consumes up to 20% of the energy used by the entire human body which is more than any other single organ. The brain represents only 2% of body weight yet it receives 15% of the cardiac output and 20% of the total body oxygen consumption."

Only for some of us....

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Great article - was hoping that the good old banana as race fuel would get a mention.

 

Not sure how many grams of carbs (and the make-up) there is in one?  Been my race fuel for decades.

 

I dunno but for me banana bread is a win...

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Worth reading: http://www.thecorediet.com/blog/the-triathlon-fueling-window/

 

"What this shows is that with a low carb approach, yes, you may improve metabolic efficiency and reduce the amount of fuel your body requires, but it comes at a significant cost! You also reduce your ability to digest and handle nutrition. Overall, you reduce your available “fueling window” (difference between what your body needs and what your digestive system can handle) and likelihood of success".

Thanks, quite insightful.

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Great articles, thanks.

 

Biology lessons coming back to me here and all makes perfect sense. 

 

Just need to find space on the bike/jersey to add all the extra padkos

The secret is to pack the right padkos, then you can ride faster and pack less padkos, hehe

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