{"id":227,"date":"2023-08-17T14:10:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T13:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/?p=227"},"modified":"2023-08-17T14:17:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T13:17:14","slug":"blog-la-marmotte-heat-preparation-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/2023\/08\/17\/blog-la-marmotte-heat-preparation-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog: La Marmotte &#8211;  my heat preparation strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Written by Lee Ager (PhD student)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La Marmotte Granfondo Alpes (aka \u201cthe Marmotte\u201d) is considered one of the most prestigious and challenging Granfondo events in Europe. Held annually in June in the French Alps, it is a bucket list event for many cyclists attracting close to 5000 riders from around the world. The route typically requires riders to traverse the legendary mountain passes of the Col de la Croix de Fer, Col du T\u00e9l\u00e9graphe, Col du Galibier and Alpe d\u2019Huez, which frequently feature in the Tour de France. A late route change meant the 2023 edition was set to be even longer and tougher than usual, with the addition of the Col du Mollard. This resulted in a 186km route packed with over 5500m of elevation gain and topping out at a maximum altitude of 2650m (Col du Galibier).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"882\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/files\/2023\/08\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/files\/2023\/08\/image-5.png 882w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/files\/2023\/08\/image-5-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/files\/2023\/08\/image-5-768x387.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Figure 6: Metrics of core temperature Tc* (\u00b0C) = green, ambient temperature (\u00b0C) recorded via my Garmin head unit = blue, heart rate (bpm) = red, and elevation (m) = grey, across the race duration. *Core temperature was estimated via a CORE wearable device.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">Click the link below to read more about La Marmotte and how I prepared for the event with a tailored heat preparation strategy <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/blog-marmotte\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/blog-marmotte\/\">Read more here&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Lee Ager (PhD student) La Marmotte Granfondo Alpes (aka \u201cthe Marmotte\u201d) is considered one of the most prestigious and challenging Granfondo events in Europe. Held annually in June in the French Alps, it is a bucket list event for many cyclists attracting close to 5000 riders from around the world. The route typically &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/2023\/08\/17\/blog-la-marmotte-heat-preparation-strategy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Blog: La Marmotte &#8211;  my heat preparation strategy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7674,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7674"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions\/233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}