Coming up in a couple of weeks time I have a 6 hour XC relay race, we are doing it in a team of 2 (both TR users! :slight_smile: ). The course is 1.6 miles long, relatively flat, mostly tight singletrack through the woods with 2 sections of uphill fire trail which turn in to sprints for position bef…

I don’t have any experience with this situation, but it seems to be an interesting optimization problem )) What is your power duration curve? Can you effectively do 7x20min threshold intervals? Or would you explode and be better off doing 3x50min sweet spot reliably instead? In which case, you would…

This is an interesting format that allows for plenty of options. I’d play into each other’s strengths on the bike. Are you guys short power or steady state athletes? Plan your strategy to your power profile. Whatever you choose don’t be committed to it. You may find at hour 3 or 4 that the initial …

Well after considering pacing options and agreeing that 3 lap stints would work well, it’s all moot as my team mate has pulled out due to travel commitments. My wife has been amazing and bought me a surprize gift of new pair of bibs and a jersey especially for the race, so I’m doing it solo instead…

[image] Lufbramatt: so I’m doing it solo instead Nice! Now you can dial back the intensity strategy and enjoy a nice endurance/tempo race with all that new fitness you have.

Yes it certainly changes things a bit! The new challenge will be working out a fuelling and hydration strategy as I don’t want to carry 6 hours worth of food and drink for the whole race. May have to prep a bunch of bottles and baggies of food (couple of gels and a date/oat bar) to leave next to th…

Yup, just start testing out all your nutrition well in advance (nothing new on race day). For my MTB 100 (9 hour race), I stopped every 3 hours. Stopping every 60-90 seems a little excessive, probably just 2 hour stops is all that’s needed. Unless this is a lap course, then just stop on each lap …

Yes its a 1.6 mile lap, twisty singletrack through a pine forest- the winners last year did 31 laps in the 6hr solo category. The race is this Saturday. Weather looks perfect, 18-20 degrees C. Don’t want to load up the bike too much with heavy water and I tend to drink quite a lot hence the 60-90 m…

I just did a 6 hour solo MTB race and used a similar strategy. Each lap was 75 minutes for me. So I prepared 3 Camelbaks with OSMO or Scratch at normal concentration and carried enough gels for 2 per hour. I had a box of gels and other food like apricots and dates. I downed a 340 calorie meal replac…

6 hour XC relay race- strategy

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Dave May 29, 2019, 3:35pm 4

I would do 3 or 4 laps each flat out which will allow plenty of time to recover before the next set.

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6 hour XC relay race- strategy

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