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Jul 2021
2:01pm, 11 Jul 2021
21,742 posts
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Rosehip
I know exactly what you mean - switching to a fuelling head from a fat-burning head is really hard. But it does need practice in training, so good work today, well done 
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Jul 2021
3:37pm, 11 Jul 2021
76,400 posts
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Hanneke
Fuel Pix, fuel fuel fuel!!!!!!!!!
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Jul 2021
3:37pm, 11 Jul 2021
76,401 posts
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Hanneke
FUEL
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Jul 2021
4:01pm, 11 Jul 2021
26,383 posts
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EvilPixie
Hann from your experience can you take on too many carbs in 1 go?
Heard about taking 2 gels before the swim start?
I was thinking of a gel at start one getting out as I trot to bike then sports drink as I exit t1
Then similar after bike taking gels in transition
But not sure if I will benefit
Just thinking it would be easier to take them when changing
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Jul 2021
8:22am, 12 Jul 2021
10,617 posts
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lammo
Morning all, 2lbs off this week for the second week in a row, so happy with that, thought it might have been more but i've saved some for this week
Keep the focus everybody
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Jul 2021
8:22am, 12 Jul 2021
26,393 posts
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EvilPixie
top work Lammo
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Jul 2021
8:40am, 12 Jul 2021
1,147 posts
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Welshpoppy
Fab job Lammo!!
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Jul 2021
9:43am, 12 Jul 2021
76,456 posts
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Hanneke
I would definitely take them when changing!
And try and slip.in one extra while you can. You biggest enemy Px is under-fuelling, not over-fuelling! I would have a gel strapped to a bottle, pick up a fresh bottle every lap, that I then had to consume, depending on lap size. Usually a lap would take around 45 minutes. Some places it was only 30, so I would have a bottle every couple of laps, some were much longer. I would strap the gels to my top tube because on a MTB I didn't want to reach in my pocket and I,d forget.
I used masking tape and would write on them when to take them! So say 5 gels marked 1, 1.45, 2.30 etc having started at 12 for a 12 hr race... I would be carbed up to the nines at the start...
Masking tape you can just rip off easily and you can write on it with a sharpie...
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Jul 2021
9:44am, 12 Jul 2021
26,403 posts
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EvilPixie
And the weather man says ....
Heat wave coming in!
25+
Deep joy
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Jul 2021
9:45am, 12 Jul 2021
76,457 posts
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Hanneke
Then in your head divide the while event into smaller chunks. I psychologically used the disappearing gels as a tool to.measure progress.
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