{"id":13696,"date":"2025-06-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scienceinsport.com\/sports-nutrition\/?p=13696"},"modified":"2025-06-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T00:00:00","slug":"fuelling-a-50km-sportive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scienceinsport.com\/sports-nutrition\/fuelling-a-50km-sportive\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuelling a 50km Sportive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scienceinsport.com\/sports-nutrition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/50km-Ride-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scienceinsport.com\/sports-nutrition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/50km-Ride-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scienceinsport.com\/sports-nutrition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/50km-Ride-1-182x300.jpg 182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can be tricked into thinking that you won\u2019t need much fuel for a 50km ride. 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