“My fueling strategy within these rides is to estimate the amount of hours it's likely to take me. I'm pretty small, so my carb intake per hour is usually around 60-80 grams. I don't have the trained gut to get to 100, but I'm also really tiny so as long as I can get 60-80 grams per hour then I will usually feel pretty good.”

“Once the Drink Mix bidon is empty I start with a Gel every 45 minutes. I know it's a weird time, but I have it set on my head unit to just remind me every 45 minutes so that I take a Gel. And then I'll have two Solids pre-opened in my pocket and I'll just take bites out of them with eating the Gel. I just find it helps with textures. I tend to save the caffeine Gels for the last 2 or 3 hours.”

“On the climbs I felt more comfortable reaching in to a back pocket, eating things, and having one hand off the bar. Whereas in the descents I was full-on focus — I didn't want any distractions."

“I always place things in specific pockets so that I don't have to think. Non-caffeine always to the left and caffeine always to my right. Then usually I have a bar in each pocket and a bar down the middle pocket. For an event that's between 6 to 8 hours for me, I sort of know what I need in each pocket."