Welcome to the Fools guide to your first 24 hour solo []
Welcome to the fools guide on how to complete your first solo 24 hour endurance mountain bike race. This guide is written for prospective first timers, by recent first timers and Solo 24 hour veterans. In the future this guide will contain information for more advanced solo 24 hour racers; however at present we are not seeking such submissions. This guide is compiled by members from the www.rotorburn.com Australian Mountain Biking community, www.nsmb.com North Shore Mountain Biking community, and members of the West Coast Racing mountain bike club www.westcoastracing.ca
Topics covered, or planned to be covered include
- So, you want to do a solo 24 hour
- Training for your first solo 24
- Training Diet
- Final Race Preparations including tapering and carbo loading
- Required Equipment/ Packing List
- The morning of the race
- A guide on food intake and hydration plan
- Sample food and fluid intake plans
- Simple 24 Hour Strategy (aiming to finish or more)
- How to keep track of your performance during a race
- Simple Tactics to make your race easier
- All about your pit crew
- Sample information booklet to give to your pit crew
- End of the race tactics
- Recovery