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Race week is not the time to become a nutrition scientist 🫠

If you’ve got Hyrox, Race to the Sun or MUT this weekend, your nutrition should actually get more boring — not more advanced.

Stick to the foods, gels and hydration strategies your body already knows and trusts. Simple, predictable nutrition almost always wins on race week.

And a reminder for the endurance athletes: carb-loading is more than just one giant pasta dinner the night before.
It’s a structured increase in carbohydrates over 2–3 days to help top up glycogen stores and set you up for a stronger race.
We break down exactly how to do it (without wrecking your stomach) in our latest blog on our website. Link in bio.

Save this for race week and send it to your training partner who’s about to try a “revolutionary” new gel 24 hours before race day 😵

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Cape Town Marathon is almost here
Which means if you’re racing this weekend… your carb loading starts TOMORROW at the latest.
And no — carb loading is not just smashing a massive pasta bowl the night before
Done properly, carb loading helps maximise your glycogen stores so you can start race day with a full tank and hold your pace for longer when it matters most.
The key?
🍬Start 2–3 days before
🍬Focus on easy-to-digest carbs
🍬Don’t wait until the night before
🍬Practice your race-day fuelling too
We broke down exactly how to do it properly in our latest blog.
Save this for race week and send it to your running partner who still thinks carb loading is just pizza and garlic bread.

Cape Town Marathon race week is HERE.
Whether it’s your first marathon or your fifteenth, your fueling strategy can completely change your race.
From carb loading to gels, hydration, electrolytes and recovery — the small things matter over 42.2km.
We broke it all down in our latest blog to help you feel confident on race day 👇
✔ Carb loading
✔ Race morning nutrition
✔ Gels & hydration
✔ Recovery
✔ Common fueling mistakes
Read the full blog on our website — link below.
And if you know a runner doing Cape Town Marathon this weekend… send this to them 🙏
Save this post for your future marathons!
https://www.fuellab.co.za/blogs/news/everything-you-need-to-know-for-your-first-or-fifteenth-marathon

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Still getting your carbs, hydration, and recovery from different places? 🤯
Shopping on Fuel Lab is now even easier with flexible delivery options at checkout:
🚚 Door-to-door delivery
📦 Courier Guy locker collection
📍 Pretoria pickup (Hazelwood) (Van H Café, 22 Oaktree Ave, Hazelwood)
Fast, convenient and built around your lifestyle so you can focus on training, racing and recovery
Shop now & simplify your fuelling (link in bio)

You should NEVER put anything in your butt before a run.
But(t) seriously — your run will probably improve if you eat something before it 😅
Too many runners still underfuel before sessions and then wonder why training feels awful halfway through.
Try this 30–60 min before training:
🍌 Banana + honey
🥯 Toast + jam
🥤 Carb drink
🍬 Chews or a gel before harder sessions
Your body needs fuel to perform, so fuel smarter so you can run stronger!

Send this to your running buddy.

thanks for the inspo 🙏

Race day is around the corner… now it’s time to get your fuelling dialled in
We’ve teamed up with NamedSport to give 3 lucky athletes a race day bundle to help you perform at your best on the 24th of May.
Each winner gets:
⚡ Box of Hydrafit sachets
⚡ Hydrafit Zero tub
⚡ Race Fuel Bars (3 flavours)
⚡ Race Fuel Gels (3 flavours)
⚡ Sport Gels (3 flavours)
Everything you need to fuel, hydrate, and finish strong
How to enter:
✔️ Follow +
✔️ Like this post
✔️ Tag a friend (each tag = 1 entry)
✔️ Share to your story for an extra entry
The more you tag, the better your chances

3 winners announced: 15 May
Let’s get you to that start line ready — and across the finish line strong.