As i was mentioning on Instagram, the first change for this event is the nutrition back. Yellow bananas would have made a big difference in athlete's long ride performance. Green bananas are unhealthy and doesnt meet food safety requirements. I never noticed the first rest stop, only a mechanical stop so i continued to number 2. The second rest stop was NOT the best location for athletes that are going to climb more and it was too steep that riders had to walk their bikes to get little water and raw bananas. The second station has to be moved back to where it has always been on the highway. I ran out of coconut water and all the energy supplies i brought with me just 4kms away from station 3 at 1pm and i usually get to station 4 before that time, so it was a dangerous event. The pandemic also played a factor here because some of the experienced organizers were not back this year and inexperienced ones, put some riders at risk. Having friends or families drive to the highway to feed their rider, is not of a competition standards. Some frustrated riders ended up in Tim Hortons in Squamish just to get a meal because there was no nutrition in the stations. It was the worse event but i know it will get back to normal next year.
Must have been the worst fondo you've done, the lack of food at the aid stations is completely unacceptable
As i was mentioning on Instagram, the first change for this event is the nutrition back. Yellow bananas would have made a big difference in athlete's long ride performance. Green bananas are unhealthy and doesnt meet food safety requirements.
I never noticed the first rest stop, only a mechanical stop so i continued to number 2.
The second rest stop was NOT the best location for athletes that are going to climb more and it was too steep that riders had to walk their bikes to get little water and raw bananas.
The second station has to be moved back to where it has always been on the highway.
I ran out of coconut water and all the energy supplies i brought with me just 4kms away from station 3 at 1pm and i usually get to station 4 before that time, so it was a dangerous event.
The pandemic also played a factor here because some of the experienced organizers were not back this year and inexperienced ones, put some riders at risk.
Having friends or families drive to the highway to feed their rider, is not of a competition standards.
Some frustrated riders ended up in Tim Hortons in Squamish just to get a meal because there was no nutrition in the stations.
It was the worse event but i know it will get back to normal next year.