THE SHORT ANSWER
Uri Carlson, registered dietitian nutritionist; founder of inner wild nutrition and fuelling specialist associated with skratch labs, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast. Here's where Carlson lands on in-ride fuelling. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
WHO IS URI CARLSON?
Uri Carlson is the registered dietitian who turns fuelling theory into something a rider will actually do. Her work — and her contribution to the Roadman under- versus optimal- versus over-fuelling experiment — lands on the same practical point the pros have learned the hard way: most amateurs under-fuel their training and then wonder why the quality and recovery aren't there. She's pragmatic about real food versus engineered products, and clear that the best fuelling plan is the one you'll repeat, not the most elaborate one on paper.
CARLSON ON IN-RIDE FUELLING
Carlson’s key positions on in-ride fuelling.
- Most amateurs under-fuel rides and pay for it in quality and recovery — eating enough carbohydrate is the most common fix.
- Real food and engineered products both work — the best in-ride fuel is the one you'll actually take, ride after ride.
- Hydration and sodium are part of fuelling, not separate — losing the plot on either ends the same way as bonking.
IN CARLSON’S OWN WORDS
Verbatim from Uri Carlson’s appearances on the podcast.
“If you have too much carbohydrate in your gut that your body is not utilizing because it's too much and it doesn't need it, your gut can actually pull water from circulation into your stomach to water down that concentration of carbohydrate because it wants to have equal concentration on both sides. So you might get a little bit of GI upset. You might get that kind of sloshy stomach feeling or that over full feeling.”
“We can take maybe three of those and average out the calorie burn over three of those to get a low-end range and a high-end range. And then we want to aim to replace around 50% of those calories burned per hour. And that's a great baseline to start with to kind of create a starting point in the first place.”
“When you are consuming a sports drink with electrolytes and sugar in it, the sugar can help to get more water molecules across your intestine.”
HEAR IT ON THE PODCAST
Episodes where Uri Carlson covers in-ride fuelling and related ground.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
What does Uri Carlson say about in-ride fuelling?
Uri Carlson, registered dietitian nutritionist; founder of inner wild nutrition and fuelling specialist associated with skratch labs, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast. Here's where Carlson lands on in-ride fuelling. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
What is Carlson's main point on in-ride fuelling?
Most amateurs under-fuel rides and pay for it in quality and recovery — eating enough carbohydrate is the most common fix.
Which Roadman Cycling Podcast episodes cover Uri Carlson on in-ride fuelling?
Carlson discusses in-ride fuelling in this episode: "Under vs Optimal vs Overfueling on the Bike | Roadman Cycling Podcast".
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