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Caffeine tolerance management for ultra-endurance racing

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An ultra-endurance athlete is unsure if abstaining from caffeine before a multi-day race increases the effectiveness of caffeine for staying awake during the event, and lacks guidance on the necessary duration of such an abstinence period.

Who's affected: Ultra-endurance athletes participating in multi-day events with minimal sleep

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Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:

  1. A database of peer-reviewed studies on caffeine cycling for endurance performance
  2. A mobile app that tracks caffeine intake and sleep quality to calculate individual tolerance levels
  3. A structured tapering protocol template designed by sports nutritionists for ultra-endurance athletes
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Real voices

“Does abstention from caffeine in the time before a race increase its effectiveness in keeping you awake under these conditions?”

Source: Stack Exchange (fitness) · CC BY-SA 4.0, user-contributed content from Stack Exchange; summarized and modified

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