# Disappointed After Fuji Hill Climb – Cramping at Final 5km Despite Pacing and Nutrition

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**Created:** [June 7, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/disappointed-after-fuji-hill-climb-cramping-at-final-5km-despite-pacing-and-nutrition/103717 "2025-06-07T12:31:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![GoLongThenGoHome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/439d5e/32.png) [@GoLongThenGoHome](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/GoLongThenGoHome)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/disappointed-after-fuji-hill-climb-cramping-at-final-5km-despite-pacing-and-nutrition/103717/21 "2025-06-11T15:35:58Z")

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> [@OreoCookie](#):
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> Altitude is real. I could tell when I was riding in Chile

I’d hope they’d be other clues, other than waking up and realising you’d been flown there overnight.

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**Author:** ![vbx2010](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/vbx2010/32/10387_2.png) [@vbx2010](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/vbx2010)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/disappointed-after-fuji-hill-climb-cramping-at-final-5km-despite-pacing-and-nutrition/103717/22 "2025-06-11T18:39:10Z")

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