Fueling and hydration ranges for Fuego XC: Sunday, April 18, 2027, about 23 miles and 3,700 feet of elevation change on a new course.
Build Your Personalized Race Fueling Plan — $19Fuego XC is the shorter Sea Otter cross-country event. The organizer’s public pages, checked October 14, 2026, place it on Sunday, April 18, 2027, at about 23 miles with about 3,700 feet of elevation change, on a new 2027 course. Those figures are approximate and may change. This page does not copy Fuego XL assumptions, aid stations, or prices.
Distance
About 23 miles (organizer figure, approximate)
Elevation
About 3,700 feet of elevation change (organizer figure, approximate)
Typical duration
Much shorter than Fuego XL; your target time is an input
Location
Monterey, California
Time of year
Sunday, April 18, 2027
Terrain
New 2027 course; geometry is not reproduced here
A practical race-week checklist: carbs, hydration, sodium, caffeine and race-day supplies — print it or keep it on your phone.
A short cross-country race leaves fewer calm moments to take a bottle. The plan has to be small enough to execute while riding hard.
Compared with Fuego XL, more of the carbohydrate load sits before the start. In-race intake tops up; it does not replace a missed pre-race meal.
An hourly rate practiced for a multi-hour ride can be too much food, or the wrong schedule, for a race that may be over in a fraction of that time.
General, evidence-based guidance. Numbers should always be personalized to sweat rate, body mass, fitness and weather.
Many riders racing under about two hours do well starting near 30–60 grams of carbohydrate per hour, plus a practiced pre-race meal. Riders who go longer, or who have trained a higher rate, may sit toward the top of that range. It is a starting point, not a prescription.
Carry a bottle plan you can actually drink from on a cross-country lap. A mild-weather start is often about 300–700 milliliters per hour, with sodium around 300–600 milligrams per hour if you know you cramp or sweat heavily. Heat and body mass move those numbers.
Do not scale the XL guide down by mileage. The effort profile is different, and the 2027 XC course is its own route.
This guide does not list aid stations. Plan to carry what you need for the distance you expect to race.
A late-race XL caffeine dose can land after an XC finish. Time caffeine to this event’s duration.
Two riders on the same start line can need very different fueling. FTP, target finish time, body mass, sweat rate, temperature, altitude adaptation, nutrition products and race goals all change the answer. A generic 60 g/hr recommendation is a starting point, not a plan.
Free calculators, checklists and articles to help you personalize your Fuego XC plan.
A practical race-week checklist: carbs, hydration, sodium, caffeine and race-day supplies — print it or keep it on your phone.
Every athlete is different. FTP, finish time, body weight, sweat rate, weather, nutrition preferences and race goals all change what you should eat and drink.
FuelQ Pro builds a personalized race fueling strategy tuned to your ride — carbohydrate, hydration, sodium, caffeine and recovery, mapped to the course.
A Race Fueling Plan gives you a personalized strategy for this event. The free checklist helps you prepare the basics first: race-week setup, 48-hour prep, race morning, hydration, sodium, caffeine, aid stations, and backup calories.
