62 degrees and cloudy at start time. Any need to drink for a one hour TT?
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Nope. I don’t drink when it’s 95 degrees for a tt either
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I wouldn’t. …I drink plenty before and after the race. If you’re dehydrated during a TT race (I assume we’re talking ~40k tt distance), the real failure was not hydrating adequately in the hours / days leading up to the race.
For those who do, I imagine there’s more psychological benefit than any amount of physiological hydration gained from drinking water during short events.
Sweet. Then she’s ready to go.
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We’ll see how well gravel grinder race training translates to 40K TT on the road.
Good luck. I’ve got my first 40K TT coming up two weeks from this Sunday. I’ve done a bunch of OLY distance races where I’ve “held back” on the bike leg so it will be interesting to just bike. I’ve done 10K TT’s this year, one was in a heat index of 113 deg F where I had one bottle/cage and I think I took one drink. I wouldn’t have thought it was possible for 40K but now that I think about it I may have done some OLY tri’s where I maybe took one drink.
If you’re going to drink, coasting up to the turn around (if that’s how the course is laid out) is a perfect time.
Good tip, thanks!
For me, I carry about 20 oz. and usually drain it by the 50 minute mark in hot and humid weather. But I have an abnormally high sweat rate. For a 2:20 Saturday morning group ride, I’ll consume 2 quarts and still lose 4+ lbs on the ride. Drinking seems to allow me to stay at FTP more consistently.
Nah…
Not drank in a 25m TT for a long long time.
Managed a 50m TT the other week without fluids in 20c heat, but that was mainly down to my aero bottle bouncing out after less than 3m, and jettisoning its contents down the road!
Some peeps quite happy to do that far without, but I prefer the “comfort” of a gel and water just in case…
For me, I carry about 20 oz. and usually drain it by the 50 minute mark in hot and humid weather. But I have an abnormally high sweat rate. For a 2:20 Saturday morning group ride, I’ll consume 2 quarts and still lose 4+ lbs on the ride. Drinking seems to allow me to stay at FTP more consistently.
That’s the key - what’s your sweat rate and the humidity/heat index. Yesterday in under 3 hours I downed 3-4 liters and still lost a couple of pounds. Years ago on a 105-110 F heat index afternoon I lost 6 lbs in an hour and had to call in sick the next day at work. I was out to do a set of 2x20s. The first was one of my best of the year, the second was a total collapse.