The 33Fuel Blog
Food industry tricks #1The food industry is hijacking your best intentions. 'Low fat' foods are packed with sugar, 'diet' products are loaded with low rent sweeteners, and 'gluten-free' often means 'even worse lab experiment than the regular gluten version'. Trouble is, this same industry that consistently prioritises profit and spin over quality product or [...]
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You can spend a fortune on tri kit, but will it really make you faster? In the name of answering this thorny endurance performance dilemma, we hit the Blenheim tri course twice with the same age-grouper (33Fuel co-founder Warren). The only difference? The budget for kit. The first race was a pure no-frills affair with [...]
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Team 33Fuel ultramarathon and long distance triathlon, race calendarAt 33Fuel we love a bit of competition - the longer and tougher the better. It was our own ultramarathon and long distance triathlon adventures that taught us sports nutrition, as it stood, was garbage. After yet another 'stomach shutdown' in yet another race we'd had enough [...]
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Tackle cycling’s toughest sportive like a proRiding the Etape du Tour this year? Got it on the bucket list? Here's everything you need to know.PackingMost riders take their own bikes for good reason – discovering the race scalpel you’ve hired is less comfortable than a Ryanair seat with 100-plus kilometres to go is not ideal. [...]
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UTMB race reportIn 2009 33Fuel co-founder Warren gained a last-minute place at the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB). Having finished the Marathon des Sables earlier the same year, he thought he was in with a shot at finishing.
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