{"id":2108,"date":"2018-06-25T15:57:28","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T15:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/?p=2108"},"modified":"2018-06-29T16:16:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T16:16:59","slug":"preparing-for-your-first-cycling-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2018\/06\/25\/preparing-for-your-first-cycling-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for your first cycling race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2018\/01\/Dr-Mayur-Ranchordas.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1076\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2018\/01\/08\/antioxidant-supplements-muscle-soreness\/olympus-digital-camera\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2018\/01\/Dr-Mayur-Ranchordas.jpg?fit=410%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"410,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SZ-31MR&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1349872627&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2018\/01\/Dr-Mayur-Ranchordas.jpg?fit=410%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1076 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2018\/01\/Dr-Mayur-Ranchordas-256x300.jpg?resize=256%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2018\/01\/Dr-Mayur-Ranchordas.jpg?resize=256%2C300&amp;ssl=1 256w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2018\/01\/Dr-Mayur-Ranchordas.jpg?w=410&amp;ssl=1 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr Mayur Ranchordas spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyclist.co.uk\/in-depth\/4912\/preparing-for-your-first-cycling-race\">Cyclist.co.uk<\/a> about how people prepare for their first competitive bike race and discusses how important nutritional monitoring and hydrating is when training for competitive sport, include water and caffeine intake.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Mayur Ranchordas spoke to Cyclist.co.uk about how people prepare for their first competitive bike race and discusses how important nutritional monitoring and hydrating is when training for competitive sport,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2258,"featured_media":2110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Preparing for your first cycling race","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[104,30],"tags":[612,611,31],"class_list":["post-2108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","category-sport","tag-cycling","tag-mayur-ranchordas","tag-sport"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2018\/06\/Cycling-Race-gallery.jpg?fit=1028%2C624&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8KEAX-y0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2334,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2018\/08\/21\/is-beer-good-for-you\/","url_meta":{"origin":2108,"position":0},"title":"Is beer good for you?","author":"Sarah Briscoe","date":"August 21, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Mayur Ranchordas, senior lecturer and sport nutrition consultant, response for The Conversation, to an article published in the\u00a0Daily Mail on a study from 2000, in The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, claiming: \u201cBeer is officially good for you\u201d. 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