As the race season gets into full swing, I know that many of you are thinking not only of your performance goals but also how you can support these with a good race day hydration and nutrition strategy. Some of the key lessons I have learned over the years are:
1) without a good fuelling/hydration strategy you are unlikely to hit your goals, especially on the longer events.
2) there are 3 pillars to focus on - fuelling, hydration and electrolytes.
3) your strategy must change with every key event to cover differences in duration, intensity, course profile and weather conditions.
4) You need to practice your chosen strategy for a few weeks ahead of your A race.
I have an ongoing partnership with Precision Fuel and Hydration (P F & H) and one of the offers they have available to all athletes is a video call with one of their experts to discuss hydration and fuelling strategy. This is a no obligation call, so even if you use another product you can still have a chat and come away armed with some very valuable information.
In today's podcast three of my SWAT athletes have conversations with P F & H experts Emily Arrell and Lexi Kelson. The purpose of the podcast is to highlight exactly what format the call takes, and more importantly how they can help you to create a working strategy for your key events.
You will hear the following:
Matt Cooper and Emily Arrell discuss Matt’s upcoming 50m TT
Matthew Graham and Lexi Kelson preparing for IM Bolton 70.3
Rachel Pearsons and Emily Arrell chat about Rachel’s strategy for IM Hamburg
Key points to listen out for:
3 individuals with 3 different races means 3 different strategies
What you do in the 48 hours before your race can make a real difference
Testing the plan and the product in the weeks before race day is crucial
If you would like to take up the invitation of a NO OBLIGATION video call with Emily, Lexi or one of their colleagues please CLICK HERE.
You can also create your own race day plan by clicking HERE.
As a podcast guest you can get a 15% discount on your first order with Precision Fuel & Hydration. CLICK HERE to grab that.
If you want to upgrade your education about day to day or race day nutrition please check out the P F & H Knowledge Hub. They have a lot of really cool articles written by their experts and also partner athletes. If you type your topic into the search engine you will find the information you need.
To follow Precision Fuel & Hydration please use these social media links:
Instagram: @precisionhydrationFacebook: @precisionhydrationTwitter: @thesweatexpertsYouTube: www.youtube.com/c/precisionhydrationLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/precisionhydration
Here is some other cool stuff you might be interested in:
Free online sweat test: https://sweattest.precisionhydration.com/pages/why-personalise-your-hydration-strategyQuick carb calculator: https://www.precisionhydration.com/products/precision-fuel-sample-pack/#thecarbcalculatorAthlete Case Studies: https://www.precisionhydration.com/athletes/case-studies/triathlon/
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