When going for your long rides it’s a good idea to limit your sugary drink intake ’til after the first hour. Staying with water for that period, or longer, will help teach your body to burn stored fuel in place of going directly to the readily available sugars. This also helps simulate the first hour or so of your Ironman – in the water with no access to your glucose drink.




Also, keep in mind that in order to burn fat you’ve got to keep the effort under control. Throwing your body into threshold mode will only trigger your body’s response to burn glucose…not fat.