Dr Megan Walker – Over 120g/hr of carbohydrates for 10hrs, Female’s Glucose, Training while balancing Life Battery

The Supersapiens Podcast

Megan is a Doctor in the Royal Air Force as well as riding for the Pro-Noctis Heidi Kjeldsen 200 Degrees Coffee Cycling Team in the UK. Despite facing multiple challenges in her athletic life, she never gave up and is in pursuit of her dream. She is a self admitted sun and peanut butter lover.

01:30 – Xylon’s recent achievements
03:00 – Dave’s training
03:55 – Community shoutouts
08:20 – Episode starts
09:40 – Megan’s academic journey
10:48 – How Megan decided to do medicine
12:55 – Megan’s military training
13:27 – Why Megan went into the armed forces and how she became an elite athlete in the UK armed forces
14:55 – What was harder; military training, elite athlete training or medical school?
16:35 – How many hours a week was Megan training last year?
18:16 – How did Megan attract the attention of a professional cycling team?
20:10 – What did Megan’s officer training look like?
22:07 – What was Megan’s glucose like during medical training and officer training
24:10 – Nightshift struggles
26:02 – Differences between women’s and men’s podiums
27:07 – What was Megan’s sporting background prior to Mallorca 312
29:52 – What was Megan’s trajectory post Mallorca 312
31:29 – How was Megan’s early experience in the peloton
33:55 – How far does Megan want to go in cycling
35:50 – What does Megan’s RAF position mean for her medical career choices?
37:10 – How was Megan’s learning curve with Supersapiens
38:45 – Necessity to set your GPZ as a Supersapiens User
39:32 – How did Megan approach her initial Supersapiens use?
41:28 – How did Megan change her fueling as a result of Supersapiens?
43:15 – Training load and glucose observations
44:05 – Megan’s observations of increased training load and her glucose
48:00 – Refueling post training
48:43 – Xylon’s observations around his recent Ironman efforts and his glucose
51:23 – Strava chat
51:51 – What advice would Megan give to new Supersapiens users?
53:43 – What surprised Megan most when initially using Supersapiens?
55:07 – How long before training does Megan eat?
56:20 – Megan’s intaking more than 120g/hr of carbohydrates for Mallorca 312
59:17 – Rush Round
66:45 – Outro

Paper Dave Mentioned about low glucose etc in young Women:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34326960/

Blog on Megan
https://blog.supersapiens.com/overcoming-adversity-in-mallorca-312/