SubscribeI tried to record a podcast while I was driving and recorded about 60 minutes of content and then this morning, accidentally erased a huge part of it, so… I’ll try to, from memory, recreate the content here. It was an ok experiment, but I really hate the sound of my recorded voice, so I’m not sure it’s one that I’ll repeat.
The drive was not terrible, except for a speeding ticket. The officer was nice enough to knock it down to $50 and no points, so given the alternative, I’ll take it!
Today (Friday) is carb loading day. So I’ll be doing my normal ~150g of protein, < 15% dietary fat (good fats) and trying to eat 700g (1g per kg of body weight) of carbohydrate. I don’t normally succeed in the full 700g, but get close. It’s hard when you don’t eat grains, bread, pasta, etc.
I’m really torn about the whole concept of carb loading: for an event like this (10+ hrs of go go go), you’d exhaust your glycogen stores of 1600-2000 calories in the 1st couple of hours, you would either be constantly eating to keep yourself going (which you can’t), or you’d be burning fat. Since the goal of endurance sport is to be in the fat-burning-zone what does carb loading have to do with anything? Beyond wanting to make sure that your body’s glycogen stores are loaded, so that you have the glycogen to help metabolize fat, I’m not sure that carb loading makes sense. I’ve never carb loaded for training (even the big days: big bike and runs) and never bonked.. That being said, I’ve done a carb loading protocol 2 days before the race for every race I’ve done and I’m not going to stop for such a big event.
Got a busy day ahead of me today so I’m going to stop here for now. I have a short easy ride, have to checkin, have a massage at 2-3, meeting w. Ian at 4, athlete’s briefing at 5. If I get a chance I’ll blog my race day nutrition plan later today or tomorrow.
CHARGE!
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