{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "FAQPage",
  "@id": "https://scienceinsport.com/blogs/nutrition/cycling-training-vs-race-day#faq",
  "mainEntity": [
    {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "Should I fuel cycling training and racing differently?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "Yes. Training aims to build fitness and adaptations, where some strategic restraint on steadier rides can be beneficial, while racing aims for performance and demands maximum carbohydrate availability. Fuelling both identically blunts training or leaves you under-fuelled on race day."
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "Why is some carbohydrate restraint useful in training?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "On certain steady base and threshold rides, not always maximising carbohydrate helps develop your body's ability to use fat as fuel and build metabolic flexibility. Key hard sessions should still be fuelled properly; the restraint is strategic, not constant under-fuelling."
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "How high should my race-day carbohydrate intake be?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "For racing and hard long efforts, targets are often in the 60 to 90 grams an hour range or beyond for well-trained riders. Set your target on the event's demands and what you have rehearsed and can tolerate, using dual-source products to support higher rates."
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "Why do I need to rehearse race-day fuelling?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "Absorbing high amounts of carbohydrate per hour is a trainable gut capacity. If you have never practised it, race day is the worst place to find your limit. Rehearse race-day intakes in specific sessions so your gut is ready to handle them."
      }
    }
  ]
}