162 Your Guide to Race Day Fueling and Hydration - with Andy Blow from Precision Hydration
Purple Patch Podcast
Matt Dixon
4.8 • 647 Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2021
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
The Purple Patch Podcast ‘Triathlon Takeover’ continues with a step-by-step guide to race day fueling and hydration with Sports Scientist and Precision Hydration Co-Founder, Andy Blow.
Matt and Andy identify and explain the three levers of race fueling –
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Fluids (water)
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Electrolytes
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Calories/carbohydrates
Then, they outline your race day fueling prescription depending on race intensity, distance, and race conditions.
Andy’s biggest piece of advice – “Don’t look over the fence. There are always good reasons why you shouldn’t follow the herd when it comes to YOUR fueling strategy.” We are here to explain why!
You’ll receive expert guidance and recommendations around:
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Meal Planning - what to eat and what to avoid during race week, the day before, and the morning of your event
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Fueling and suggested approaches during each discipline of the triathlon, including T1, the bike, and the run
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Knowing your nutrition and hydration ranges and what conditions can affect those numbers
This discussion takes the complexity out of the ‘fourth discipline’ of triathlon that so often overwhelms and confuses athletes. This is your year of performance. Don’t let hydration and fueling hold you back!
Andy Blow is a Sports Scientist with a degree in Sports and Exercise Science from the University of Bath. An expert in sweat, dehydration, and cramping, Andy previously worked as the Team Sports Scientist for the Benetton and Renault Formula 1 teams, and remains an adviser to the Porsche Human Performance Centre.
An elite-level triathlete in his younger days, Andy has finished in the top-10 of Ironman and IM 70.3 races, as well as winning an Xterra World title.
It was Andy's own struggles with cramp and hydration that led to him specializing in electrolyte replenishment and founding Precision Hydration.
Andy is a leading figure in the world of sports hydration and has worked alongside Dr. Raj Jutley, as well as other top sports scientists, to co-author a number of studies and books.
Episode and Purple Patch Resources
Precision Hydration - use code: PURPLEPATCH_SQ93 for discount
How to Measure Your Sweat Rate to Improve Your Hydration Strategy - Precision Hydration Blog
Learn More about Squad High-Performance Training Program
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Join the Purple Patch Performance Academy
Register for the Purple Patch St. George Webinar
Email [email protected] with questions about triathlon training and strength programming.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast. The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human being to reach their athletic potential. Through the lens of athletic potential, you reach your human potential. The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere integrate sport into life. |
| 0:20.3 | And welcome to the Purple Patch podcast, as ever, |
| 0:23.8 | your host Matt Dixon. And this week, we continue on our journey, our journey towards racing. |
| 0:33.1 | Yes, we've been doing the month of takeover. |
| 0:38.0 | We have taken over this podcast and channeling all of our focus, putting a spotlight, |
| 0:43.5 | if you like, on the world of racing. |
| 0:46.8 | It is coming. |
| 0:48.0 | We are excited and we want to help you. |
| 0:50.9 | And so we said, you know what, triathletes? |
| 0:54.0 | We know you make up a large listenership. And so we said, you know what, triathletes, we know you make up a large listenership, |
| 0:56.0 | and so we want to do this for you. Now, if you've missed the last first couple of sessions, |
| 1:01.6 | I think they are do not miss, an overall mindset and some strategies for your return for |
| 1:06.8 | triathlon racing. And then last week's show, what a cracker, John Stevens, all about swimming, |
| 1:13.0 | and particular focus around diffusing the angst, the fear, the anxiety that comes with open |
| 1:19.1 | water swimming racing. I think that's a do not miss. But this week, we have a return, a return of a |
| 1:25.1 | special guest, a great mate, and an expert in the world of |
| 1:29.3 | hydration, fueling, cramping, and everything that goes in your body with hydration. Yes, |
| 1:35.3 | it's Andy Blow of Precision hydration. Let me tell you a little bit about Andy. He is a sports |
| 1:41.0 | scientist, got a degree in sports and exercise science from the University of Bath. |
| 1:45.6 | If you're European, you certainly know that university is one of the pioneers in so much around sports medicine and sports science. |
| 1:53.4 | He is an expert in sweats, dehydration, and cramping, working with many of the world's top professional triathletes, but also many of the |
| 2:02.6 | top athletes and teams in the world of broader sport, Major League Baseball, the NFL, he was the team |
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