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Season 4, Ep 3 — Nutrition Training for Race Day and Beyond with Asker Jeukendrup

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What Are Your Thoughts Around Preparing for the Race?

A lot of people associate sodium with cramping. But it's a relatively small number of people that actually needs to worry about sodium, I think. If the race start is very early, then it's probably better to stay in our extra embedding and have a little bit more rest and have the breakfast a little bit later. Generally, like three hours before is a really good time. Two hours before is still okay. And last, very long events, extremely high sweat grades and extremely salty sweat.

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