Table 3.
Macronutrient intake during the ultra-endurance triathlon race.
| Cycling | Running | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbohydrates | Solids (g) | 405.7 (147.8) | 291.5 (60.8) | 697.2 (147.2) † |
| Fluids (g) | 177.8 (67.0) | 51.6 (24.3) | 229.4 (67.0) | |
| Total (g) | 583.5 (176.3) § | 349.0 (73.3) | 926.6 (177.5) * | |
| g/kg a | 7.8 (2.3) | 4.7 (1.2) | 6.2 (1.3) | |
| g/h b | 84 (30) | 78 (18) | 84 (18) | |
| % c | 83.2 (5.6) | 96.6 (3.8) | 89.9 (3.5) | |
| Proteins | Total (g) | 40.7 (11.5) § | 4.6 (3.4) | 45.4 (12.0) |
| g/kg | 0.6 (0.2) | 0.1 (0.0) | 0.3 (0.1) | |
| % | 6.4 (2.9) | 1.3 (1.0) | 3.8 (1.6) | |
| Lipids | Total (g) | 69.1 (18.0) § | 7.7 (10.5) | 76.8 (20.4) |
| g/kg | 0.9 (0.3) | 0.1 (0.1) | 0.5 (0.1) | |
| % | 10.5 (3.6) | 2.2 (3.0) | 6.3 (2.4) |
Data are presented as mean (SD). a Ratio between total macronutrient intake (g) and body mass (kg); b Ratio between total carbohydrate intake (g) and total racing time (min); c Macronutrient percentage of the total energy intake in each segment and in total; * The amount of carbohydrates was significantly higher than the amount of protein and lipids (p < 0.001); † The consumption of solid CHO was higher than that of fluid CHO (p < 0.001); § The intake amount was significantly higher in the cycling stage than in the running stage (p < 0.001).