Tell us about your weekend ride

I've always ridden and raced dehydrated. It's easier for me over here with the much lower temps. It's too personal to really offer advice on though - what I drink would have some people dying by the roadside and what you drink might turn me into a fish. I try and stick with weighing before and after while noting the temperature and then working around that. Over here it means 500ml per hour, normally. But that's hard to do when you don't have support and don't want to stop to refill bottles.

I aim for 500ml an hour. I over did it on Friday and had to stop to wee loads. But the idea was to make it around regardless of time. Get miles in the legs.

Up here its the low temps you need to watch. Running when its -8C will freeze dry you fast enough.