Racing & Strategy Heat cuts your power ceiling within 45 minutes even when you're perfectly hydrated. Here's what it does to your watts during the ride, what cooling really buys you, and the warning signs that mean stop.
Racing & Strategy Race %FTP targets are calculated against a fresh FTP — but that threshold falls 5–15% by hour three, so the same target quietly gets harder to hold as the race goes on.
Racing & Strategy Sodium supplementation doesn't prevent exercise-associated hyponatremia, and scheduled over-drinking isn't the safe or fast choice either — here's the evidence and the emergency signs to know.
Racing & Strategy Myth: your fresh FTP number holds for the whole race.
Racing & Strategy Myth: if you're cramping or feeling off late in a long race, take more salt tablets and drink more.
Racing & Strategy Myth: surging on the hills and easing off on the flats evens out to the same effort.