{"id":8044,"date":"2021-05-07T06:13:37","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T06:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=8044"},"modified":"2021-05-07T06:13:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T06:13:37","slug":"mudman-race-focus-6-tips-for-a-successful-conquest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=8044","title":{"rendered":"Mudman race focus : 6 tips for a successful conquest"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the name suggests, expect to get very muddy and messy at the third and final event in Human Race\u2019s popular off-road series. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Taking place in March on Army military training ground, the Mudman duathlon, \u201cwon\u2019t trouble your PB collection but is guaranteed to give you an adrenalin-fuelled ride,\u201d claim the organisers.<\/p>\n

1 Nutrition<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I always like to have a hearty meal the night before, something like a casserole or bangers and mash. I go for porridge with honey on race morning and try to arrive early to enjoy a coffee on site with a banana or energy bar about 1.5hrs before the start.<\/p>\n

\u00a02 Kit<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dress in your race wear underneath your casuals, so there\u2019s no chance of nudity at the race venue! Wear gloves for the whole race. I say this because when running your hands are warm but when cycling they\u2019re not, and they\u2019ll help when putting your run shoes on in T2. I\u2019d also recommend using two pairs of off-road shoes \u2013 I use Inov8 RocLite and Talons. The first may get wet on the first run and slung anywhere in T1 when you swap to the bike shoes. If it\u2019s really cold then put a gilet on in T2 for the bike. Stay hydrated by sipping on some hydration tabs until 30mins to go.\u00a0<\/p>\n

3 First run<\/strong><\/p>\n

The race always goes off fast but don\u2019t be fooled, it funnels within a few hundred feet and soon enough you\u2019re running single file. Create a bit of space between you and the person in front to help you plot where your foot falls. The Mudman\u2019s first run is made up of steady climbs, and is quite open in places with a fast finish to T1. Aim to take nutrition on board when the ground is flat or else you might lose control. I take a bottle of water on my bike and energy bars or gels in my pockets for the whole race.\u00a0<\/p>\n

4 Transition<\/strong><\/p>\n

In T1 I always put my bike shoes on before running to the mount line, which actually doesn\u2019t make my socks any more wet. I also carry any gels\/bars in my jersey pocket so I don\u2019t have to fumble with them in transition. Less faff = less likely to forget something. Keep it simple.\u00a0<\/p>\n

5 Bike<\/strong><\/p>\n

A two-lap course made up of a few, very short, steep hills, some sharp corners at the bottom and the rest steady. Take the steep downhills carefully unless you\u2019ve ridden them before or are confident in your bike handling. It\u2019s a great loop that can usually be improved on lap two. I\u2019d usually run my tyres at about 28psi but I run tubeless on a 29er, so adjust yours accordingly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

6 Second run<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a tough run! Within a few hundred meters of T2 you\u2019re running up the firing range\u2019s sandbanks, which are worse than any staircase! Shortly after that there\u2019s a \u2018water feature\u2019 \u2013 if you fancy a challenge then run straight through it. It\u2019s about knee deep. After this, keep your head up and look for the run signs, as the course twists and turns on the climbs followed by some fast descents. When you can see the car park, there\u2019s still have about 750m to run, so dig deep and finish strong.<\/p>\n

The Mudman race breakdown<\/strong><\/p>\n

Location: Camberley, Surrey<\/em><\/p>\n

Distance: 7.5km run, 15km bike, 7.5km run<\/em><\/p>\n

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Highest elevation on the run: 470 feet<\/em><\/p>\n

Highest elevation on the bike: 410 feet<\/em><\/p>\n

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As the name suggests, expect to get very muddy and messy at the third and final event in Human Race\u2019s popular off-road series. Advertisement Taking place in March on Army military training ground, the Mudman duathlon, \u201cwon\u2019t trouble your PB collection but is guaranteed to give you an adrenalin-fuelled ride,\u201d claim the organisers. 1 Nutrition…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8044\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}