JoeX
November 6, 2019, 9:57pm
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Hi there, we have some discussion here:
Nutrition…fuelling your workouts.
How does everyone go about this? I’m close enough to racing to want to simulate race feeling too.
For example, I have a 3h bike (2000 kcal) ride today with a 1h brick run (1000kcal)…so 3000 kcal to burn.
Had a few boiled eggs, toast and coffee for breakfast, banana snack, so about 500 kcal consumed so far.
I’d consume about 2x 180kcal in powerbar isoactive, and 3l water normally…doesn’t sound like enough really. I think I need to buy some gels.
How would …
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