IS NUTRITION VARIETY THE KEY FOR CYCLISTS?? | Leadville Qualifying | Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast 539
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🗓️ 10 July 2025
⏱️ 77 minutes
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// TOPICS COVERED
(00:00:00) Welcome!
(00:01:08) How Important Is Nutrition Variety?
(00:03:22) Meal Planning and Variety
(00:12:24) Race Preparation and Training Insights
(00:15:57) Pre-Race Nutrition and Anxiety
(00:26:02) Hydration and Fluid Intake
(00:38:38) Quick and Easy Meal Hacks
(00:41:41) Protein Tips and Tricks
(00:44:32) Probiotics and Dairy Tolerance
(00:46:11) Fueling for Workouts
(00:48:53) Homemade Nutrition and Sodium Intake
(00:55:31) Coach Jonathan’s Leadville Goal
(00:57:00) The Death Ride Course
(00:57:37) Coach Jonathan’s Training Review
(01:02:54) How to Qualify for Leadville
(01:04:04) The BRUTAL 2025 Tahoe Trail Course
(01:06:23) Heat Training Protocol
(01:10:46) Heat Management Solutions
(01:10:34) Preparing for the Death Ride
(01:12:16) Adjusting Nutrition for Heat
(01:13:52) Tahoe Trail 100 Pacing Strategy
(01:15:07) Tahoe Trail 100 Tire Choice
In today's episode, Coach Jonathan Lee is joined by Alex Larson from Alex Larson Nutrition to tackle important cycling nutrition questions. They cover the significance of variety in diet, pre-race meals, hydration, and how to manage pre-race stress. Jonathan also shares his ambitious goal of qualifying for the Leadville Trail 100 through the Tahoe Trail 100. He dives into his training plan, heat preparation, and strategies for success. Don't miss this packed episode for insights on nutrition, training, and racing! Stay tuned till the end to hear Jonathan's detailed plan for achieving his Leadville goal.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, coach Jonathan here. Before we get into this episode, all on nutrition with Alex |
| 0:04.2 | Larson, I have a surprise for you. At the end of this episode, I'm going to go into a big, |
| 0:09.6 | crazy, what do they call it, a big hairy, crazy audacious idea or whatever. I have a big goal, |
| 0:14.4 | and I don't even know if it's possible. I'm going to try to qualify for the Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race through the Tahoe Trail 100 mountain |
| 0:22.1 | bike race. It's a Leadville qualifier. I don't know if it's even going to be possible, |
| 0:25.9 | but I'm going to walk you through what I've been doing for my training and how I'm going |
| 0:29.8 | to give it my best shot to qualify for the race. So if you want some insight into what I've been |
| 0:34.2 | doing with my training and you also want to see like what it takes to qualify for Leadville. We're going to go into that. So if you want those details, including heat training |
| 0:41.8 | protocols, nutrition, all those other things, equipment. We'll dive into that, but at the end of this |
| 0:46.2 | episode. So stay tuned for that all the way to the end. We'll see you soon. Welcome to the Ask the |
| 0:50.1 | Cycling Coach podcast presented by Trainer Road on coach jonathan lee and joining us today is alex larsson from alex larsen nutrition we're stoked to have alix with us we're going to talk about |
| 0:58.4 | is nutrition the variety the key for cyclists we're going to also talk about some other nutrition |
| 1:02.7 | questions because of course that's alex's beat that's what she's focused on helping cyclists have |
| 1:07.3 | better nutrition let's get into jeremy's question jeremy says hey coaches how important is variety in my diet? After buying a cookbook and being overwhelmed by how much |
| 1:15.7 | shopping I'll need to do to get the ingredients, I found myself just sticking to a few healthy |
| 1:20.2 | recipes that I enjoy and can make easily, but a fear I may be missing out on health benefits |
| 1:25.1 | if I just eat the same things. |
| 1:32.9 | I'm a single male in my late 20s who's focused on growing my career in finance while trying to raise my FTP. |
| 1:36.8 | For more context, this is what I have been eating for the past month. |
| 1:42.6 | Breakfast, overnight oats with crazins, walnuts, cinnamon, maple syrup, and almond butter. |
| 1:45.8 | Always the same and quick to make for my busy mornings. |
| 1:51.6 | Lunch, I typically go out to eat. So this is everything from a burrito to a sandwich, to a curry, |
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