原來而家唔止supershoes, "supergel"都出埋
Hydrogel super fuelling
Maurten are the Swedish sports nutrition company whose scientists have designed a new hydrogel for bypassing the gut while taking the sort of carbohydrate gels that even most serious recreational runners will recognise.
The key difference with the hydrogel is that it bypasses the gut in digestion, helping athletes to fuel more while avoiding gastro issues. It has also meant that athletes can take on bicarbonate sodium – a household substance also known as baking soda and used in cakes – which was long known to enhance performance (by buffering hydrogen ions) but often interferes with the gut.Sawe has also spent months practising his intake of carbohydrate fluids and it was found that, with exposure, the body actually improved at absorbing carbohydrates while on the move.
Sebastian Sawe training in Kenya
Maurten came up with their plan for London that began with carb-loaded drink mixes two days out from the race before bicarb just under three hours before the start - Maurten
“Anyone who’s seen Sabastian run knows he’s an extraordinary athlete – once-in-a-generation,” says Josh Rose, Maurten’s head of sports tech. “What is perhaps not as well-known is that he’s also one of the best fuellers the marathon has ever seen.”
Following numerous tests after 32 days embedded with the camp, Maurten, Sawe and Berardelli came up with their plan for London that began with carb-loaded drink mixes two days out before bicarb just under three hours before Sunday’s 9.30am start. There was then a carb gel five minutes before the race and then between 130ml and 160ml of their carb drink mix every 5km (around 14min 10sec for Sawe) as well as a caffeine gel at half distance.
It all meant that he consumed around 230 grams of carbohydrates during the two hours of running. Between 50 and 100 grams was once thought to be the limit. It was certainly notable that, with his fuelling strategy, Sawe actually finished the race much faster than he started, with respective splits of 60min 29sec at halfway and then 59min 01sec for the extraordinary final 13.1 miles.唔使再有鋼鐵胃都可以補給到
