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  • Musing about body weight for ultra events.

    In conventional bike riding watts per/kg is king, right?

    But given the demands that ultra events have on the body, is it wise to start events carrying a little extra? This way your body has fat reserves to dip in to...

    If that's a totally wrong way of looking at it, fair enough - just wondered how important it really is to be 'race weight' for events that last a week or more.

  • Depends on length of event. But most normal people would have enough fat in them, without needed more.
    If you're lean and got a 6 pack, afew extra kilos would be good.

  • No danger there!

    I guess I'm just not going to stress too much about my weight leading up to the event. Though, with the training I'm hoping to do, I would expect to a bit anyway. I'm probably about 5kg heavier than where I'd like to be so not a huge deal either way.

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