{"id":7577,"date":"2021-05-31T19:16:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T17:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/you-have-to-burn-a-lot-to-learn-a-lot\/"},"modified":"2021-05-31T20:13:57","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T18:13:57","slug":"you-have-to-burn-a-lot-to-learn-a-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/en\/you-have-to-burn-a-lot-to-learn-a-lot\/","title":{"rendered":"You have to burn a lot, to learn a lot\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_\u200brow type=\u00abin_container\u00bb full_screen_row_position=\u00abmiddle\u00bb column_margin=\u00abdefault\u00bb column_direction=\u00abdefault\u00bb column_direction_tablet=\u00abdefault\u00bb column_direction_phone=\u00abdefault\u00bb scene_position=\u00abcenter\u00bb text_color=\u00abdark\u00bb text_align=\u00ableft\u00bb row_border_radius=\u00abnone\u00bb row_border_radius_applies=\u00abbg\u00bb overlay_strength=\u00ab0.3\u00bb gradient_direction=\u00ableft_to_right\u00bb shape_divider_position=\u00abbottom\u00bb bg_image_animation=\u00abnone\u00bb][vc_column column_padding=\u00abno-extra-padding\u00bb column_padding_tablet=\u00abinherit\u00bb column_padding_phone=\u00abinherit\u00bb column_padding_position=\u00aball\u00bb background_color_opacity=\u00ab1\u00bb background_hover_color_opacity=\u00ab1\u00bb column_shadow=\u00abnone\u00bb column_border_radius=\u00abnone\u00bb column_link_target=\u00ab_self\u00bb gradient_direction=\u00ableft_to_right\u00bb overlay_strength=\u00ab0.3\u00bb width=\u00ab1\/1\u00bb tablet_width_inherit=\u00abdefault\u00bb tablet_text_alignment=\u00abdefault\u00bb phone_text_alignment=\u00abdefault\u00bb column_border_width=\u00abnone\u00bb column_border_style=\u00absolid\u00bb bg_image_animation=\u00abnone\u00bb][vc_column_text]

At Whits\u00adun the DH Per\u00adfor\u00admance Nutri\u00adtion HQ tem\u00adpo\u00adr\u00ada\u00adri\u00adly moved to Rafa\u00adel Wyss. As an important com\u00adpo\u00adnent of his pre\u00adpa\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon for the Red Bull Trans-Sibe\u00adri\u00adan Extre\u00adme 2022, we went through a 4\u2011day com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adon simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon. Long days with snow, rain, sun, a flat tire and lots and lots of fuel!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

For months Rafa\u00adel Wyss has been in trai\u00adning for the toug\u00adhest bike race in the world. The event has alre\u00ada\u00addy been post\u00adpo\u00adned twice (from 2020 to 21 and now 22), but after the first dis\u00adap\u00adpoint\u00adment Rafi and the who\u00adle crew are hap\u00adpy about the time gai\u00adned. Tha\u00adt\u2019s why this sum\u00admer is cle\u00adar\u00adly about race simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon and some big key blocks that we use to chall\u00adenge and per\u00adfect man, machi\u00adne and over\u00adall concept.<\/p>\n

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Nasty spring wea\u00adther is cha\u00adrac\u00adter forming<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Meteo\u00adro\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal\u00adly, it was a dif\u00adfi\u00adcult first quar\u00adter \u2013 lots of snow, then lots of cold, then even more rain. For endu\u00adrance ath\u00adle\u00adtes, the\u00adse were addi\u00adtio\u00adnal chal\u00adlenges that one would glad\u00adly skip. But if you want to pedal across Rus\u00adsia, you bet\u00adter get used to rough con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons ear\u00adly. Rafi brings an unshakeable spi\u00adrit and an almost indes\u00adtruc\u00adti\u00adble joy for cycling \u2013 I guess that helps.[\/vc_column_text][image_with_animation image_url=\u00ab7568\u00bb animation=\u00abFade In\u00bb hover_animation=\u00abnone\u00bb ali\u00adgnment=\u00bb\u00bb border_radius=\u00abnone\u00bb box_shadow=\u00abnone\u00bb image_loading=\u00abdefault\u00bb max_width=\u00ab100%\u00bb max_width_mobile=\u00abdefault\u00bb][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=\u00abin_container\u00bb full_screen_row_position=\u00abmiddle\u00bb column_margin=\u00abdefault\u00bb column_direction=\u00abdefault\u00bb column_direction_tablet=\u00abdefault\u00bb column_direction_phone=\u00abdefault\u00bb scene_position=\u00abcenter\u00bb text_color=\u00abdark\u00bb text_align=\u00ableft\u00bb row_border_radius=\u00abnone\u00bb row_border_radius_applies=\u00abbg\u00bb overlay_strength=\u00ab0.3\u00bb gradient_direction=\u00ableft_to_right\u00bb shape_divider_position=\u00abbottom\u00bb bg_image_animation=\u00abnone\u00bb][vc_column column_padding=\u00abno-extra-padding\u00bb column_padding_tablet=\u00abinherit\u00bb column_padding_phone=\u00abinherit\u00bb column_padding_position=\u00aball\u00bb background_color_opacity=\u00ab1\u00bb background_hover_color_opacity=\u00ab1\u00bb column_shadow=\u00abnone\u00bb column_border_radius=\u00abnone\u00bb column_link_target=\u00ab_self\u00bb gradient_direction=\u00ableft_to_right\u00bb overlay_strength=\u00ab0.3\u00bb width=\u00ab1\/1\u00bb tablet_width_inherit=\u00abdefault\u00bb tablet_text_alignment=\u00abdefault\u00bb phone_text_alignment=\u00abdefault\u00bb column_border_width=\u00abnone\u00bb column_border_style=\u00absolid\u00bb bg_image_animation=\u00abnone\u00bb][vc_column_text] <\/p>

Plan\u00adning every detail<\/strong><\/h4>\n

We approa\u00adched this weekend very meti\u00adcu\u00adlous\u00adly. Befo\u00adre the start, gly\u00adco\u00adgen stores were char\u00adged to the maxi\u00admum, rou\u00adtes were plan\u00adned, inten\u00adsi\u00adty of the rides was timed and not only the food on the way was plan\u00adned down to the gram, but also befo\u00adre and after the load, so that con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons clo\u00adse to com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adon were simulated.<\/p>\n

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Even the wea\u00adther was a touch\u00adstone at times<\/strong><\/h4>\n

For the first 10-hour ride of this \u00abWhits\u00adun block\u00bb, the fore\u00adcast was for hea\u00advy rain. The opti\u00admist says: per\u00adfect con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons to test clot\u00adhing and nutri\u00adtion in the\u00adse con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons\u2026 The coach said: shut up and ride! The nut\u00adri\u00adtio\u00adnist made a dry face to the wet fun and went along any\u00adway. All in all, howe\u00adver, the wea\u00adther gods were quite kind to us and after 150 rai\u00adny kilo\u00adme\u00adters, the remai\u00adning days remain\u00aded cool but dry.<\/p>\n

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Big load, long days, com\u00adple\u00adte success<\/strong><\/h4>\n

To make it short: Rafi did a lot of very long bike rides. We star\u00adted all tours from his home base and rode more than 300 km every day. The diet was very simp\u00adle: copious and tun\u00aded por\u00adridge for break\u00adfast, 90% of the calo\u00adries in liquid form during the day and light food and lots and lots of car\u00adbo\u00adhy\u00addra\u00adtes in the evening.<\/p>\n

The secrets of suc\u00adcess will not be reve\u00ada\u00adled here, but this much can be said: if you have the cou\u00adra\u00adge to eat a lot and dare to \u00abovere\u00adat\u00bb by x amount than what the lite\u00adra\u00adtu\u00adre recom\u00admends, you will go fas\u00adter for lon\u00adger. Rafa\u00adel was asto\u00adnis\u00adhed and hap\u00adpy at how long he could push so many watts.<\/p>\n

From a nut\u00adri\u00adtio\u00adnal point of view, the fin\u00addings are num\u00ade\u00adrous, we know ide\u00adal inta\u00adke amounts, tole\u00adran\u00adces, robust\u00adness of the sto\u00admach and con\u00adcre\u00adte, with which pro\u00adducts we want to ride.<\/p>\n

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Other important buil\u00adding blocks planned<\/strong><\/h4>\n

From the rough \u2013 of which we will make more blocks \u2013 we go among other things to the fine, now test\u00ading sweat rates at dif\u00adfe\u00adrent tem\u00adpe\u00adra\u00adtures, elec\u00adtro\u00adly\u00adte con\u00adcen\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adon of sweat and working on indi\u00advi\u00addua\u00adli\u00adzed nut\u00adri\u00adent supplements.<\/p>\n

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The\u00adre\u2019s pret\u00adty much exact\u00adly a year until the start\u00ading gun, so a lot will hap\u00adpen bet\u00adween now and then, but our race com\u00adpass is dia\u00adled in and Rafi is well on his way.<\/p>\n

Big thanks go out to our fri\u00adends from Spon\u00adser Sport Food \u2013 they sup\u00adport us with know\u00adledge and lots of calo\u00adries. Big Shou\u00adtout as well to the one and only Ralf Sei\u00addel (Schul\u00adt\u00adhess Kli\u00adnik), who keeps coming up with dif\u00adfi\u00adcult tasks to per\u00adform and last but not least, props to Rafi \u2013 bad ass uber-rider \u2013 to many more
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