What if your mid-race “bonk” has nothing to do with your aerobic capacity and everything to do with the physical form of your fuel? You’ve likely…
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Aug
Aug
Your race doesn’t actually start at the jump. It begins at the 30-kilometre mark when your glycogen stores bottom out and your gut begins to rebel….
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Aug
Aug
Hitting the wall at the 30km mark isn’t an inevitable rite of passage for endurance athletes; it’s a clear signal that your fuelling strategy has…
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Aug
Aug
What if your mid-race nutrition didn’t require a prayer to the gut-health gods? For many endurance athletes, the “spike and crash” cycle of…
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Aug
Aug
Hitting the wall at kilometre 30 isn’t a rite of passage; it’s a sign of a failed fuelling strategy. You’ve likely felt that sudden, heavy-legged…
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Aug
Aug
The difference between a personal best and a miserable DNF often has nothing to do with your legs and everything to do with your gut. You’ve likely…
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Aug
Aug
The most expensive nutrition in the world is the one you can’t swallow at kilometre 30. While gels are the default for many, the “gag reflex” and…
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Hitting the wall at kilometre 32 isn’t a badge of honour; it’s a failure of your endurance fueling strategy. Most athletes spend months training…
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Jul
Paying double the price for a single gel might feel like a marketing gimmick until you’re staring down a 42km finish line with a stomach tied in…
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Your next personal best isn’t just limited by your heart and lungs; it’s limited by your small intestine’s ability to transport glucose under…