The Fueling Tool

The Fueling Tools are one of six Athlete Content views. You can access the Fueling Tools from the Nav Bar or from the Athlete Views Select Box within the Roster Hero Bar. Within the Athlete Views, you can view the Season Road Map using the quick link in the Athlete Title Bar.

The Fueling Tool provides a comprehensive system to manage and plan your athlete’s training and race day fueling strategies.

The Fueling Tool uses Fueling Sources, Targets, and Plans to build and define your athlete’s race-day nutrition strategy. The Source Library contains a list of all available nutrition products — drink mixes, gels, bars, chews, electrolytes, and liquids — along with their nutritional content per serving (carbohydrates, fluid, and sodium). Sources from the library are Applied to an athlete to create a shortlist of products they might use, then set to Active to include them in a specific Fueling Plan. Targets define the athlete’s hourly nutrition goals, and the Plan brings it all together — optimizing serving quantities for each Active Source to best achieve the Fueling Targets.

Working with Fueling Sources

Working with Fueling Sources #

Fueling Sources are the basis for every Fueling Plan. Use the Fueling Sources Full Library view to see every available fueling Source. Sort and filter the list to easily find what you need.

• Use the Filter dropdown to narrow by Type (Drink Mix, Gel, Bar, Chew, Electrolyte, Liquid) or by Source scope (Universal, Custom, Roster, Athlete)
• Use the Sort dropdown to sort by Name, Type, Carbs, Fluid, or Sodium

Universal Sources (built into the system) are available to all. Custom Sources — marked with a colored dot — allow you to add Sources not included in the universal list.

Adding Custom Sources

Adding Custom Sources #

Note: Drink Mixes and Electrolytes include only the mix, tab, etc. When applying a Drink Mix or Electrolyte Source to an athlete and setting it to Active, you’ll typically also want an Applied and Active Liquid, such as a water bottle.

Applying Sources to the Athlete

Applying Sources to the Athlete #

Once you’ve identified the Sources your athlete might use, Apply them to the athlete by sport.

• In the Full Library view, click the circle icon in the B (Bike) or R (Run) column to apply a Source
  • Empty circle — not applied
  • Outlined circle — Applied (on the athlete’s shortlist)
  • Filled circle — Active (will be used in Fueling Plans)
• Clicking the circle will cycle through these three options

Selecting Active Sources

Selecting Active Sources #

Once you’ve Applied Sources to an athlete, you then set specific sources to Active for use in a Fueling Plan.

Switch to the Fueling Sources Athlete Sources view to see only the Sources applied to this athlete, organized by sport.

• Click the circle to toggle a Source between Applied (outlined circle) and Active (filled circle)

Active Sources will be used when generating a Fueling Plan. Think of Applied as “available” and Active as “using for this Plan.”

Prioritizing Active Sources

Prioritizing Active Sources #

Active Sources are listed in priority order, which will be taken into account when using the Auto-Fill feature, as the algorithm will increase servings for higher-priority Sources first.

• Use the up and down arrows next to each Active Source to set the priority order
• Put the athlete’s preferred or most important products at the top

Working with Fueling Targets

Working with Fueling Targets #

Once your athlete’s Sources have been chosen, Targets define the athlete’s hourly nutrition goals.

Targets define the hourly nutrition goals the Plan will try to achieve. You can create and save multiple Targets per sport for different scenarios — for example, “Long Hot Bike” or “Short Cool Run” — and use them for different Plans under different scenarios.

View and add Targets from the Fueling Plans Fueling Targets view.

Working with Fueling Plans

Working with Fueling Plans #

The Plans bring it all together — optimizing serving quantities for each Active Source to best achieve the Fueling Targets.

Create a Fueling Plan

Create a Fueling Plan #

Create a Plan to transform your Sources and Targets into a fueling strategy.

View and add Plans from the Fueling Plans Hourly Plans view.

Define Hourly Serving Quantities

Define Hourly Serving Quantities #

The Plan displays a table for each sport with a row for each Active Source and an input for servings per hour. You can set hourly serving quantities in one of two ways:

• 1: Manually type serving values into each input field, or
• 2: Use the icon to open Auto-Fill, which automatically optimizes Source servings to match your Targets as closely as possible
  • Choose the optimization order — for example, optimize Carbs first, then Fluid, then Sodium
  • The algorithm respects each Source’s serving-size constraints (e.g., you can’t use a third of a gel) and follows your Source priority order
  • After Auto-Fill runs, you can still manually adjust any values

Review and Refine Your Plan

Review and Refine Your Plan #

As you adjust Source servings and/or use the Auto-Fill feature, the Plan updates in real time.

• The Target row shows your goals
• The Hourly Total row shows the calculated totals for carbs, fluid, and sodium based on current Source servings
• Totals are color-coded to show how close you are to the Target:
  • Green — within 10%
  • Yellow — within 25%
  • Red — more than 25% away
• The Total row shows projected totals for the full duration of the workout or race

If the Plan isn’t to your liking, you can update Source priorities, swap Active Sources, or even Apply and Activate new Sources to fill gaps in the Plan. After changing your Active Sources, click the icon to update the Plan with the current Active Sources.

Save and Print

Save and Print #

When you’re happy with the plan:

• Be sure to save your Plan once you are happy with it
• Use the duration dropdowns to adjust Bike and Run hours, which updates the Total row and carries through to the printed view
• You can also use the Print button to produce a printer-friendly / PDF version to share with your athlete.

You can also Edit a saved Plan to rename it, change sports, or choose different Targets, and use the Plan dropdown to switch between multiple saved Plans.