The Tune Up Blog
Practical, evidence-based fueling, hydration and recovery strategies for endurance athletes.
A lot of the athletes I work with tell me some version of the same thing about early morning workouts: they can get away with it. An hour or ninety minutes on the bike or the trails with nothing beforehand,...
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“Historically I literally just have had one set of targets.”
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“I got off the bike at 1, and I was hangry at 5… I’ve made a mistake.”
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“I’ve heard historically, pre-race, you should be eating 2 to 3 hours before… What is too close?”
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“My whole life I’ve had cramping issues, especially past two hours of endurance activity… I’m just scared at this point to do anything over two hours.”
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“I always weigh myself before, and I lost nine pounds of body weight on a five and a half hour effort.”
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“I don’t like pickles. I don’t like the taste of pickle juice, but for some reason it was the only thing that was working.”
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“I do think that first hour of racing is quite tough, because… I’m racing, and so you forget about things.”
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“I was in this vicious cycle of my stomach being upset, not wanting to take carbs, and just forcing my carbs down because my legs were dying.”
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“I feel like I’ve heard 60, I’ve heard 90, someone said 120, but then you might deal with stomach problems.”
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Most fueling mistakes announce themselves immediately. You skip lunch; you feel it by 3 pm. You bonk on a ride; you know exactly why.
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If you asked most athletes whether they fuel their rides, they’d say yes. They ate breakfast. They grabbed a gel mid-ride. They had dinner after. Boxes checked.
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