Just wanted to say Hi! It's been a while! I recently moved and started a new internship and am having trouble finding some free time! I miss reading your blogs, and miss blogging... but I hope to find some balance soon! Hope you're enjoying your summers!!
It lasts three weeks, covers over 3500km, and is arguably the world's most physiologically demanding sporting event....
The 172 cyclists (including one Canadian!) that participated in the 97th Tour de France this year traveled through 3 countries, rode an average of 182km (114 miles) a day over the 20 'stages' at an average of 40km (25 miles) an hour,while climbing 10 mountains or racing against the clock in individual time trials.
This effort has been described as roughly the equivalent of running a marathon almost every day for 3 weeks. In the mountains, they climb a vertical distance equal to three Mount Everests!
Below, Robbie Ventura, a professional US cyclists, describes nutrition during the 7 hour, 140mile Stage 6 of the Tour:
Cyclists will burn over 5000 calories. Each hour, they'll aim to eat about 400 calories and drink 3 water bottles!
I completely understand what oyu mean about not being able to find free time! I recently decided to only blog about 1-2 times per week, rather than 4. I'm hoping that will make my life a bit easier, I'm swamped!
This information about the Tour De France diet is really interesting. It reminds me of all the info we learned about Michael Phelps and how many calories he consumed while at the Olympics. When biking, however, it's so different! I can't believe they eat half their calories on the bike. I'm very impressed. But hey, if you wanna win (or do well) you HAVE to eat the proper calories! Food is everything in a race like this.
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Welcome back! We missed you!
Interesting stuff! It is a shame all this great scientific research and calculations that go into the tour has to compete with the banned substances.
I completely understand what oyu mean about not being able to find free time! I recently decided to only blog about 1-2 times per week, rather than 4. I'm hoping that will make my life a bit easier, I'm swamped!
This information about the Tour De France diet is really interesting. It reminds me of all the info we learned about Michael Phelps and how many calories he consumed while at the Olympics. When biking, however, it's so different! I can't believe they eat half their calories on the bike. I'm very impressed. But hey, if you wanna win (or do well) you HAVE to eat the proper calories! Food is everything in a race like this.
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