Gravel Worlds? Prep?

[mcneese.chad]

Am I completely insane to run BTA hydration on my gravel set up?

My A-Race next year is Gravel Worlds. For those that don’t know, Gravel Worlds is 150 mile gravel race around Lincoln, NE. The course changes every year, but it’s always involves non-stop rolling hills. The course always has roughly 10,000 ft of total climbing every year, but it’s broken up in endless 50-100 vertical feet chunks. The difference in elevation between the highest and lowest points on the course will be about 300 feet. The gravel is pea sized and, if you can find the tire tracks, i…