PATRICK LANGE NUTRITIONAL STRATEGY IN KONA

Last Saturday Patrick Lange, the 38-year-old German, broke the course record winning his third IRONMAN Kona World Championship. Lange, after winning back in 2017 and 2018, clocked an unofficial 7 hours, 35 minutes race leading the course in the running part.

Besides the toughness of the race, with a total of 226 kilometres of IRONMAN race distance, 30 degrees and almost 70 % humidity hit the air in Kona, Hawaii. This fact conditioned the last part and the pre-hydrating and nutrition strategy to face the last 42 km; Lange notched in 2:37:34.

At first glance, Patrick Lange’s strategy cannot be faulted. However, it seems that the rivals did not pay enough attention to the humidity or did not know how to add enough sodium to their nutrition, whereas the Austrian did.

Once he finished, Lange said he had been taking 120 grams of carbohydrate per hour on the bike with 226ERS HIGH FRUCTOSE ENERGY DRINK, and then running, about 70 grams per hour with HIGH FRUCTOSE GEL. He also took HYDRAJELLY on each of the special needs because he had it next to his bottles.

All 226ERS HIGH FRUCTOSE products are formulated with maltodextrin and fructose in a balance 10:8 ratio.Their absorption is faster and uses different assimilation pathways for each carbohydrate. These products also contain a good proportion of sodium, according to each flavour and product, which is very important to maintain the electrolyte balance in the blood and to transport the fructose. In fact, a great option to put in the drink bottles is the HIGH FRUCTOSE ENERGY DRINK formulated with 87 grams of carbohydrate and 500 grams of sodium per feed, as well as the HIGH FRUCTOSE GEL for the running part formulated with 55 grams of carbohydrate and 125 or 250 mg of sodium according to flavour. Then, HYDRAJELLY is a jelly-textured energy gel with a carbohydrate content of 22.6 grams that sits in the stomach to protect it and break down in the intestine.

Patrick Lange has been testing 226ERS products over the last few years during their development to test their effectiveness and provide feedback to the brand. 

Kona result couldn’t have been better!  

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