[Event] Momentum Health Attakwas MTB, Presented By Biogen

[BSG]

Today on the other hand was a scorcher of a day, extremely hot and humid. Needed lots of water to prevent dehydration and I was in my bakkie most of the day with the aircon on. [emoji2957]

[BSG]

Forecast for the weekend.

[BSG]

Road works from George to Oudtshoorn, be aware and plan ahead people.

[milky4130]

Road works from George to Oudtshoorn, be aware and plan ahead people.

thanks for all your updates BSG

[LuckyLuke]

just out of curiosity in a nutshell, how do you guys fuel for such long event, how do the biogen gels stack up to powergels and rocktane gels. Can you actually fuel up to WP3 and then survive of the tables

[mrcg]

just out of curiosity in a nutshell, how do you guys fuel for such long event, how do the biogen gels stack up to powergels and rocktane gels. Can you actually fuel up to WP3 and then survive of the tables

 

Too late to experiment with this on this distance. You need to test what works best for you, there just is no one-fits-all formula.

I have learnt over time what works best for me - but it's still being refined. A lot of factors play a role on the day too. So, you might get a lot of input but it is rather meaningless imo.

To be honest, I haven't tried various gel makes as I tend to try avoid them. But for the last stretch they do work a treat. I use mostly natural food - which takes longer to digest but is better for my energy system.

My strat: bananas (cut into handy pieces), a few small salty potatoes, salty nuts, a gel or two. You can also stop at WP and grab what you need quickly on the natural stuff - won't cost you much time. Making it to WP3 will be tough depending on weather and conditions.

Generally the strat is to eat, drink (sips) in +-20min intervals.

Good luck dude

[BSG]

1st pic looking towards Mosselbay from race village, Pine Creek Caravan Park. 2nd pic looking towards Oudtshoorn from race village, Pine Creek Caravan Park, but the weather seems to clear up a bit.

[BSG]

Hope everyone have a good race today, it's a bit chilly and windy at the moment, 04h30, enjoy the race and keep the rubber on the gravel.

Edited January 19, 2019 by BSG

[BSG]

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[BSG]

Another great day at the Attakwas, weather turned out good, on the extreme one, some good tailwind at times, but with the mini, they started off with a headwind but luckily it was with fresh legs.

 

Well done to all finishers and to the winners, you raced hard and deserved it.

 

Thanks to Dryland for another great race and great organization of a great event.

Edited January 19, 2019 by BSG

[DieselnDust]

just out of curiosity in a nutshell, how do you guys fuel for such long event, how do the biogen gels stack up to powergels and rocktane gels. Can you actually fuel up to WP3 and then survive of the tables

Race food far bar

Cadence endurance bar

Jelly babies

Dates

 

In the bottle plain water in one and eletrolye in the other.

Salt tablet every 2-3hrs.

 

I'll eat about 30gr of carb, 10gr of protein per hour.

That's roughly one far bar

Or one cadence bar

Or 6 jelly babies

4-6 dates

 

sorry I should have added that I weigh 70kg so the above is for athlete in that weight range. You would need to increase the carb fat protein ratio proportionally for your weight

Edited January 21, 2019 by DieselnDust

[LuckyLuke]

Thanks guys for the nutri tips, went for bars, dateballs, bananas and a few koeksisters. Was great ride, nice and cool, lots of gees!!

[BMCfan]

Is it January 2020 already :-)

 

 

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