How I Prepare for a Marathon Mountain Bike race - Whaka100

How I prep for a Marathon Mountain Bike race, in this case it is the Whaka100 probbaly the toughest one day MTB Race in the Southern Hemisphere.

00:00 - Intro
00:07 - 500 Subs Giveaway
01:06 - Training
04:10 - Course Research
05:00 - Equipment
10:52 - Nutrition

[tylerpaulmtb]

Really great video jase. I’m doing the whaka 25 next week also and found this video really helpful. I must admit that I should have been doing some of this stuff months ago (training) anyway good luck for it and might see ya there

[smit]

Another awesome video!! Crazy how the tailwind can reduce all the gels, I would be tempted to have a couple on me as well as the bloks. Would be great to hear how it works post race. Good luck for the race! I can't make new dates so might see u at the next one
Steven

[gobikeyourself]

Love this video Jase! I can second any of your recommendations. I did a lot of marathon racing myself. In fact this brought me into mountainbiking almost 30 (jesus 🤪) years ago. One thing that had the most impact for me was learning when my body peaks after intensive training. So trying to match the sweetspot of my form with race date had the biggest impact on performance as well as having a good plan for pacing. I retired from marathons 3 years ago when I rode the Sellarond Hero with a PR ... but I fear I will do it again some day 😁

[rhysjames]

Great video as always Jase. Some good tips in there, I'm racing the 50km this year. Looking forward to laying down a good time.

Just a heads up on the pronunciation, it's wok-a rather than whack-a 🙂

Congrats on the 500 subscribers and good luck for the race.

[davidridge]

Nice video Jase. I'm doing my first 100 this year and really interested in the experience of others, thanks for sharing. You'll earn that jersey this year. Good luck, see you out there!

[nduroeventsnz]

Nice one Jase. We're looking forward to hosting you - let's hope all your hard prep pays off! - Whaka100 team

[sergeantmtb]

Great detailed breakdown, thanks Jase! I'm torn about whether to do my Roctane in the first bladder or second, though I'm sort of thinking I need to go in the first one as the bladder will be too full to swap quickly if I have 2L (to dilute the 4xRoctane sachets).

[timba]

On your hydration, do you also refill at the 2nd and 3rd water spots?