PURE | CALM - Hey, it's mixed class Le Mans endurance racing.

[DragonGT83]

Yes! If I win I'm gonna celebrate with In-N-out animal style fries, a neapolitan shake, and a double-double cheeseburger... with banana peppers...

Well, I'm probably still going to do it anyway so it doesn't matter xD
haha, awesome guide man thanks a lot for re-posting, interesting for sure and even more relevant here 👍👍

OMG you just had to mention that place, haven't had that since I was 16 which was 12 years ago when we moved out here to the midwest from south Cali. Shame they don't have em out here haha.

 

[Dr_Watson]

Coffee:
Yes, you're right Tim.
As you said, "dirty" water, but add the caffein to that, and what you're drinking is far worse than water.
If you want to keep a good level of fluids in your body during physical work, water is the only fluid I'd recommend. 👍

Yep. Water > * 👍
But I always must remind people that coffee doesn't "dry you out". It's not as good as water but It's also not going to dehydrate you; which is the popular misconception.

 

[Denilson]

It dehydrates you more than water in the sence that drinking coffee as a replacement for water when it comes to maximize your performance is an epic fail.

But if you was dropped in the desert, with nothing but a supply of coffee, you should ofc drink it. 👍


Quali:
chorda: 3:54.392 - waiting for Litchi to varify cleanlyness. (I know it's clean though )
GTP_Litchi: 3:59.545 - clean

 

[paulmac2k9]

I'll just ignore you both and drink Irn Bru!! (A Scottish fizzy drink for those unaware of it )

Lets remember last time out at Spa I was one of a few who never damaged themselves through mistakes and got 4th .

 

[Litchi]

chorda: 3:54.392 - waiting for Litchi to varify cleanlyness. (I know it's clean though )

Done. Clean

 

[Paginas1]

Will hopefully be doing my laps later.

 

[Dr_Watson]

I'll just ignore you both and drink Irn Bru!! (A Scottish fizzy drink for those unaware of it )

Lets remember last time out at Spa I was one of a few who never damaged themselves through mistakes and got 4th .

hey now... my only damage was from a Peugeot enema; aka not my fault.

 

[paulmac2k9]

I thought you were also one of the few who got through damage free lol.

 

[Wardez]

haha, well if we look at last year's Le Mans results:

http://www.lemans.org/en/races/24h-du-mans/live-2011/live-timing.html

Out of 56 cars, only 28 finished, almost half!

So I think we did very well xD

 

[w-g-e]

I opened a room for quali/practice.

1472 - 6118 - 3830 - 2747 - 0722

 

[Wardez]

Thanks Wes, btw great time on GTA 6-5. Wowie.

 

[w-g-e]

Thanks Wes, btw great time on GTA 6-5. Wowie.

Thanks, but I haven't done 6-5 yet.

 

[Paginas1]

I opened a room for quali/practice.

1472 - 6118 - 3830 - 2747 - 0722

ON the way

 

[Wardez]

Thanks, but I haven't done 6-5 yet.

I said, 6-4!

 

[Paginas1]

Cannot find room

I've opened a new 1

1472 6118 3744 3754 0738

Could someone come soon to watch my laps. Thanks

 

[w-g-e]

Paginas:

Lap 1: 3'42.438 - clean
Lap 2: 3'46.428 - clean

 

[Furinkazen]

It was for JGTS..

Basically, it's all about what you eat and drink.

If you eat "fast" carbohydrates, your blood sugar levels will drop too low in the end of the race.
A "fast" carbohydrate is any kind of candy, soda, redbull, pasta and rice with short cooking time. I.e 3-5 minutes (pasta).
The longer it takes to boil your pasta, the less processed the base food is..
The less processed the food is (close to the natural and pure format of the food), the slower your body will distribute it to your body.
The slower carbohydrates will not rush out in your blood, it will provide you with a more even flow of energy.
So you can say that a meal containing "fast" carbohydrates and a meal containing "slow" carbohydrates will give you the same amount of energy.
But the slower carbonhydrates will supply your body in an even pace over a longer period of time, and the fast ones will "throw" the energy out in your body, giving you a "kick" of energy, that lasts for a maximum of ~30 minutes.. Then your energylevel will fall drasticly, and by the 1 hour mark, you have less energy in your body compared to what you had before you even took the meal.

It's a bit more complex than that, but it's enough information to highlight the importance of what you eat and drink.

When it comes to fluids, there's nothing that beat water.
Thirst is not a good indicator of your level of fluids inside your body. When you feel thirsty, your level is already too low.
Keeping in mind that your body can only reload the fluid stock with 1dl / hour, you'll not be able to get your level up during the race.
It's important to drink often, but in smaller doses to ensure you keep your levels at a decent level.
Beeing thirsty 30 minutes in to the race and as a result drink 1l of water in a minute will only make you to visit the bathroom, and still not getting your fluid levels up to par.

So basically:
Drink:
Make sure to start drinking water in small doses from 24 hours prior to race.
Do not drink soda or redbull or lemonade during the last 12 hours at least (if you feel that you need to drink something else than water).

Eat:
Look at your plate.. "Divide" it in 3 equaly sized fields.
1/3 wedgetebles
1/3 carbonhydrates (the slow kind. Something like 13-15 minute pasta).
1/3 Protein (Skip ham and red meat. Salmon, Chicken, Tuna and egg are good sources of protein).
Make sure to eat according to this model at least 36 hours prior to race.

Things you should NOT eat or drink from 36 hours prior race:
Candy in any form.
Chips/Snacks
Soda
Energydrinks (redbull, monster, powerade etc)
Anything that containes "fast" carbohydrates or high levels of sugar.
(Sugar is the same as carbonhydrates).

If you want to eat during the race, drink water, and eat something really basic like: Hard rye bread. Perhaps with some cheese on if you want it a bit more tasty.

I hope this makes sence.
This is a pretty complex subject, and I hope you guys understand what I tryed to say. 👍

Following these advices, I'm sure you'll notice that you won't feel like you lack concentration and stamina in the end of the race.
A 3 hour race will ofc in any curcuimstance be a tough task, but eating and drinking can help you to perform thru the entire race. 👍

Oh, just one more thing..
You can drink redbull or eat a candy bar when there's 15 minutes left of the race to boost your energy in the end of the race. Cause afterall, if your energy level sinks after the race, it won't be a problem (from a competative point of view).
However, energydrinks and candy are never good for your health. 👍
But if you win at LaSarthe, who cares about health..

Just chipping in here, good luck to all at le mans 👍 . I'll add for me, a bottle of orange juice and a few biscuits usually suffice for a 90-120 minute race . Good luck with this Le Mans though, should be epic 👍

 

[Paginas1]

Paginas:

Lap 1: 3'42.438 - clean
Lap 2: 3'46.428 - clean

Not overly happy with my run was far to cautious on the 1st lap and 2nd lap my tires were dead. But least it was a clean lap
Think d1 will be out of my reach but hey I'm still looking forward to Sunday.

Guess I've set the LMP benchmark good luck the rest of you

 

[mcfizzle]

It dehydrates you more than water in the sence that drinking coffee as a replacement for water when it comes to maximize your performance is an epic fail.

But if you was dropped in the desert, with nothing but a supply of coffee, you should ofc drink it. 👍

Actually, you are probably better off not drinking coffee. It's a diuretic, it makes you urinate what fluids you have and dehydrates you. That would probably lead to heat stroke faster than not drinking anything because of the double fluid loss through sweat and having to pee at the same time.

 

[jtv90069]

GTP_w-g-e

Lap 1: 3'48.939 (no advantage)
Lap 2: 3'44.185 (clean)

 

[Wardez]

Actually, you are probably better off not drinking coffee. It's a diuretic, it makes you urinate what fluids you have and dehydrates you. That would probably lead to heat stroke faster than not drinking anything because of the double fluid loss through sweat and having to pee at the same time.

If I ever get stuck in the Atacama running the Dakar, I want it to be with you xD.

GTP_w-g-e

Lap 1: 3'48.939 (no advantage)
Lap 2: 3'44.185 (clean)

Hmm, what happened?

 

[w-g-e]

If I ever get stuck in the Atacama running the Dakar, I want it to be with you xD.



Hmm, what happened?

I spun and got damaged in the first lap at Indianapolis.

 

[Müle]

Indianapolis or Porsche, I'm guessing.

 

[Wardez]

Sorry to hear that, the track's tougher than we usually take it for.

 

[w-g-e]

Sorry to hear that, the track's tougher than we usually take it for.

The only place where it could have gone wrong for me though..

I hate the track even more than I hated it before this, maybe even more than Tsukuba.

 

[Jav]

Wardez is there still time to qualify?

 

[Paginas1]

The only place where it could have gone wrong for me though..

Its a horrible corner my car goes super light in that corner and have to be careful

 

[DragonGT83]

Wardez is there still time to qualify?

Op says 1 day 9 1/2 hours till qualifying deadline:tup:

 

[Dragonwar233]

should I Q today?

 

[Jav]

Thank you Dragon #1!