{"id":13728,"date":"2025-06-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scienceinsport.com\/sports-nutrition\/?p=13728"},"modified":"2025-06-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T00:00:00","slug":"fuelling-a-sprint-triathlon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scienceinsport.com\/sports-nutrition\/fuelling-a-sprint-triathlon\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuelling a Sprint Triathlon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scienceinsport.com\/sports-nutrition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/Sprint-Triathlon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scienceinsport.com\/sports-nutrition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/Sprint-Triathlon.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scienceinsport.com\/sports-nutrition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/Sprint-Triathlon-182x300.jpg 182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just because it has sprint in the title it doesn\u2019t mean that this event will be over quickly. 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