Mike & Troy - Belgian Waffle Ride Asheville 2021. What does it take?

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Are you planning to ride the Belgian Waffle Ride (BWR) this year, or are you interested learning more about this crazy 1 day gravel race, tune in to our latest LowLands Cycling podcast soon.
Mike, troy and Geoff will be riding the Asheville BWR, aka "The Hell of The North", this year. In this podcast they discuss why they decided to do this amazing, but brutal event. How they prepare for the event looking at training plans, material, logistics, nutrition, and much more. What are their current numbers, weight, w/kg, FTP and what are they aiming for to be in tip top race shape?
What about their fears and ambitions? Learn all about this and more when you listen to the podcast!
Belgian Waffle Ride :
Date: May 16th [at time time of this recording, we didn't know the BWR will most likely be postponed to later in 2021 due to the pandemic.
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Distance: 144 miles/231 kilometers
Elevation: 12,000 feet/3600 meters
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Topics and time stamps:
Background Mike 1:43
Background Troy 5:17
Driving force behind doing the BWR 8:19
Humbling experience from road to gravel racing 10:22
How do you train for such a monster ride? 12:48
Any B-races scheduled as a lead in or prep for BWR? 21:37
Experience with similar races distance, climbing? 24:49
Speaking about nutrition 26:47
Bike setup, tell us more 33:50
Weight, height, FTP, w/kg 40:31
Logistics getting to the BWR event 45:39
Even when the race is cancelled due to covid, the guys are committed now and do it anyway. 51:20