Stage Racing
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References
Research studies supporting fuelling with 2:1 Multiple Transportable Carbohydrates:
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Recovering from the Final Stage
Interestingly, whilst we’re going to suggest that you take a recovery drink as soon as you finish, just so that you limit the tiredness you’re going to feel the next day, beyond that, you know what, who cares?
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Event Day 3 & Technical Information
Need we tell you that Day 3 is like Groundhog Day again?
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Event Day 2
This is going to be a little bit like Groundhog Day!
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Event Day 1
We’re going to cover quite a lot of information under ‘Day 1’ but please bear in mind that many of the areas discussed here will simply be repeated on Day 2, Day 3 and so on.
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Carbohydrate Loading
The purpose of carbohydrate loading is to super-charge your physiology with glycogen (the form that carbohydrate is stored within the body).
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Travelling
If you’re travelling long distance to your event, especially if it’s on an aeroplane, you need to be organised with your nutrition, or you could just find yourself eating anything and everything!
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Before You Go
We won’t go into detail about how to train and prepare physically for your chosen event, because this article is centred entirely on nutrition.