- So you're off to a race, you may be wondering
what to take.
We've been around the pros and asked them
exactly what they carry on the bike.
What do pros carry on the bike for race day?
- Ooh. - Uh...
- Um... - Ahh...
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What would you carry on race day on your bike?
- I carry on, so nutrition-wise I will...
I go for as much water as possible
that I can fit on the bike
and probably about eight Etixx gels.
- So just simple.
Quite a few gels.
Normally on a full Ironman I go for some
Snickers bars as well, which taste pretty good.
- I'm having just a light electrolyte drink
from injure aide, a Nutritech from back home
in South Africa, it's one of my sponsors in nutrition
so I just have that on the bike
and some bars if I'm hungry.
- Two water bottles and an aero one,
shot bloks...
yah that's it.
- What do you carry on your bike during a race?
- Myself.
- Anything else?
- Don't know. A flat screen TV 30"?
- You're comfortable then?
- (laughing) Uh yah, because I also carry a sofa and a sail,
and let's see uh, no I think that's it,
a fridge, yah.
- So Ironman nutrition, the fourth discipline, what have you
I take Infinite.
So Infinite really reduces the opportunity to mess up.
And, it's made for me, and it makes my life so much easier.
The one thing I do add on race day is caffeine.
So I don't train with caffeine, in my Infinite mix.
But, my mix that we race with has caffeine,
and if you don't train with it
and consume it on the daily basis, it works.
- [Man] Yah you just get that kick on race day.
But do you like stomach-wise okay on race day?
- Good to go, until I'm not,
and then you just deal with it man.
- I have a couple of bars and gels and some candies,
and then I think that this year, I'll put in my special
needs bag some chocolate bar, and some normal bread.
- Tacos.
- Yah this is a hot topic of conversation.
I go probably about four or five gels and an energy bar.
I know it's frowned upon to have a bar,
but I just can't stomach gels for four hours.
- Beer, frozen pizza.
- What do you carry on the bike for a long distance race?
- So nutrition obviously, energy drinks,
water with some electrolytes added, energy gels,
I've been kind of playing around with that
a lot at the moment to see what's the best kind of strategy.
And then puncture stuff as well.
- Some leftovers from yesterday evening.
- What do you carry on your bike during the race?
- What I carry on the bike, some water bottles.
In the bike, some gels, and that's pretty much it.
Yah, not too much, not too much weight,
but still the energy, what you need for the race of course.
- I've got my hydration and electrolytes and calories
all in my bottles split up, and I also take HotShot,
an anti-cramp formula, on my top tube.
And that's about it for this race.
I won't carry spares, or CO2, or anything like that because
we've got spare wheels out on course, um, that's it.
- Myself first, spare and a chew, two tire levers, CO2,
energy flask, and one water bottle.
- I always carry probably five gels
and two bottles of carbohydrate drink.
And I like to grab water as I go past.
I know some people like to just do water
and grab carbohydrate, but it all depends
on how it sits in your stomach.
So I like to have more calories in case, you know,
something goes wrong and I feel a bit dizzy.
- Two bottles on a hilly course and five gels,
and then, uh, Pit Stop in case I get a flat,
because I run tubulars.
- [Heather] What do you mean "Pit Stop"?
- They're like puncture, it's made by Vittoria.
Just to seal, so it's got sealant, and a canister in one.
So I don't have to take a CO2 and a tube.
And if that doesn't fix it, then I'm pretty much,
putting my hand up, and uh, trying to get a spare wheel
from neutral service.
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