Outlaw Half Nottingham 2024 // Triathlon Race Recap

[@simonhallgbduathlete]

Great video. First one I’ve watched. I’m racing in Portugal but the duathlon.

[@LewisFordham]

Thank you dude, appreciate it! See you out in Portugal 👊🏼

[@triathlondebs]

Brilliant effort. Everyone is different who suffers from stitch. I suffered for 10 years & got to the point where I couldn't eat or drink for 90mins pre race. I then started taking antacids at the end of the bike, which made me burp & helped a lot 😂. I've also found I'm better with a bit of solid nutrition in me. Basically fluid sloshing causes wind & stitch for me 🤷

[@LewisFordham]

That’s something I’ve not really considered actually! I always use fluids/gels for nutrition, might have to try using some more solids and see if that helps! Seems to be a bit of a guessing game haha!

[@SwimBikeRunStu]

Good effort. I used to get alot of stictches. I had to up my salt intake and it helped massively. I eat plenty of salt in the weeks lead up and then a few salt tablets on race day. Im a huge sweater 🙈

[@LewisFordham]

Thank you dude!! Yeah I think that’s the most likely cause of the issue, some sort of dehydration/lack of salt! I can tell because it gets worse the more dehydrated I seem to get, I’ve started doing some testing so fingers crossed I get it sorted! 😂

[@matthewchard6779]

Well done mate great effort, i seen you last year talk about calf guards, what ones are you using now and have you seen a difference?

[@LewisFordham]

Thanks mate! I’ve got the nopinz ones, if I’m completely honest, I can’t really tell a difference but the difference if it is making one is likely so small it would be hard to tell without a wind tunnel! They do feel nice to wear though, makes getting my wetsuit on/off easier and keeps my legs a little warmer 😂

[@TriathlonDan]

Awesome performance mate!

[@LewisFordham]

Thank you dude!! 👊🏼👊🏼

[@keelanpywell]

I get the same issue with a stitch/stomach cramps on brick runs. Sometimes I’m fine sometimes it’s really bad just can’t seem to figure it out.

[@LewisFordham]

Yeah it is really weird, I find it weird that I only get it on brick runs, never on normal runs. I have found that it’s worse the harder I run off the bike as well. I’ve got a feeling it could be dehydration causing it as I’m terrible at staying hydrated at the best of times let alone running off of a bike! Plus if it gets worse the harder I run off the bike I can only assume it’s my body struggling to cope with something when I push it, going to experiment with it a bit I think and see if I can find out!

[@keelanpywell]

Yes mines exactly the same the harder the effort the worse it is! Maybe dehydration as I did get it bad in mile 24 of a marathon and that’s the only time I’ve had it not on a brick run but I was probably dehydrated then too. Someone said it could be down to core strength too so I’ve been trying to add more core workouts in too. Just got to keep experimenting. Love the channel btw!

[@christianesteves2301]

What's your saddle?

[@LewisFordham]

It’s the fizik aeris long distance saddle