Beyond Gels: Variety in Your Gravel Race Fueling Arsenal

Why flavor fatigue happens and how to combat it If you’ve ever been 4 hours into a 100-mile gravel race, staring at another packet of strawberry gels, and nearly vomited at the thought of putting one more in your mouth, you’ve experienced flavor fatigue.  It’s real, it’s brutal, and it’s one of the biggest reasons […]

Gravel Racing Hydration: The Drink-to-Thirst Strategy That Works

Gravel races can be a long time in the saddle.  Your legs will burn, your lungs will beg for mercy, and somewhere around hour four, your brain will start making questionable decisions about “just one more hill.”  But you can control one critical variable that makes or breaks these epic days: your hydration strategy. Let’s […]

Gut Training: Building Your Digestion for Long Endurance Races

How to train your body to process calories at high rates—without losing your lunch by Coach Paul Warloski Ann Trason, 14-time Western States winner, reportedly said that ultra marathons are “an eating and drinking competition with a little running in between.”  She’s not wrong.  But here’s the problem: you know you need to fuel, yet […]

The Gravel Race Nutrition Formula: 50-80 Grams of Carbs Per Hour

Your glycogen stores will empty between 90 minutes and three hours in a long gravel race. It doesn’t matter how fit you are, doesn’t matter how perfectly you paced.  Without external fuel, you’ll be riding on fumes by the time the course really gets interesting. The bonk doesn’t care about your FTP. But here’s what’s […]

How to Race Strong in the Final Hour of Your Gravel Event

You’ve ridden 75 miles.  Your legs are screaming.  Your stomach is somewhere between “meh” and “please no more gels.”  And that rider who was sitting on your wheel for the past two hours just accelerates up the next climb like they haven’t been suffering at all. Welcome to the final quarter of your gravel event. […]