Graeme L Close

There's, there's evidence out there, there's research papers that have done on this either in, like, rugby players.

Graeme Close, and he did a, a study where they just basically brought the, the rugby players in in the days leading up to the match, and then they did the...

So they, they measured the resting metabolic rate in the lab.

So they put the mask on, measured the resting metabolic rate.

It's sort of from the saddle to the lab, to the kitchen, to the whatever, to podium.

That doesn't work though, does it? I'm sure Graham Close and James Morton could come up with a much snappier title.

Nicky, I'm really interested.

How did you go? I mean, it's not that it's surprising to hear somebody who was a chef would get into cycling.

I'd like to differentiate, by the way, for example, training camps from actual competition, but also when they're not even there.

There's other times when they're not at a training camp.

I'd like to get to that in a second, but given the day-to-day variability that occurs, This, you know, if we use a term now that is fuel for the work required, for example, or just feeding for the ride concerned or whatever, however which way you want to do it, I'm still trying to do the Graham Close, James Morton school of labelling.

But that, you know, if you're given all the logistics that you've already described, That is an immensely complex process.