Let's discuss 'feeding' on long rides...
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Hub says am too competitive even on regular rides...so I eat protein pancakes before riding. Drink a 24-oz water before leaving. Carry two 24-oz icebottles with me that melt in the heat. Refill those at least twice with icewater that again will melt. I wear a Garmin HRM/Strap so about the 1500-1750call burn mark, I eat 1/2 protein bar or a candy bar. Tho there have been times where powerhouse thru headwind & hills and I'll down both the protein bar & the candy bar at the same time. Heh. Then hit it some more.
Not much of a caffeine drinker but I do enjoy Diet Peach Snapple on mornings when I feel a little sluggish. Tho then I have to stop too many times for restroom and frankly that's annoying.
There's been days when am absolutely famished and I like to get a Arby's Beef & Cheddar or a 6" Subway meatball. I find the Arby's digests a little easier than the Meatball and don't feel as weighted down for continued ride.0 -
On rides over two hours I found mixing Gatorade 1/2 and 1/2 with water gives me electrolytes and sugars.
A few years ago, I started making homemade gatorade. There are many recipes on-line. I use Nancy Clark's Sports drink. It is a simple recipe. It is a lot cheaper than gatorade. I change flavor by changing juices.0 -
I’ll usually take a break along my rides if I ride over 70 miles. I will usually bring an energy bar and fruit. I’ve been documenting my longer rides intake on Strava (for those here that follow me). For example, I rode 80 miles last Saturday and had 4 bottles (3 electrolyte mix, 1 water) and had 1 Larabar with 5 dates. I probably would have eaten a banana if they had any at the store I stop at. Sometimes I’ll just eat 2 or 3 bananas along the ride and never stop. It’s typical for me to consume 100 calories or so per hour except on shorter rides 50 miles or less.
I stick to gels with running (easier to digest). I like something more substantial when on the bike.0 -
Under 2 hours, I just have water (3L) mixed with a packet of EmergenC electrolyte mix and a packet of salt (no sodium in the packets). I tend to drink 1L an hour when riding...more if it's hots. Over 2 hours, I was bringing a That's It! Fruit bar and Bonk bars and eating about 200cal/hr or so....alternating between the fruit bar and the bonk bar. I would also have a caffeinated beverage about have way through a 4-6hrs ride. A treat for me after riding (and to aid recovery) was to have 16oz chocolate milk, a banana and a bag of baked potato chips. Then a proper meal when I got home.
I'm about to start training for a century in September and am re-thinking some of the food I've brought on the bike in the past. I have the FeedZone portables cookbook that someone mentioned earlier (Rice balls) and am going to cook up some of the recipes and see how they are. I also recently found 'recipes' on making my own dried fruit/nut bars, so may try that instead of buying the That's It! Fruit bars. Have been curious about the Feed Zone cookbook for cooking regular meals and may have to check that out too.
I've ridden a few 60 mile rides and what worked best for me was eating a carb/protein/fat ratio (off bike) of 40/30/30 and allowed me to lose weight as well as be fueled properly (for me) for riding.
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I tend to lose my appetite when I'm hot, so I focus on eating small amounts often. Eat things that will agree with you and are mostly carbohydrate.0
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I tend to lose my appetite when I'm hot, so I focus on eating small amounts often. Eat things that will agree with you and are mostly carbohydrate.
Beer, I take it?.... :happy:0 -
I take a peanut butter and ginger sandwich and a banana with me for rides over 3 hours and I take Hammergel. I use a little Hammergel on rides less than 3 hours and I take two sandwiches on rides over 6 hours and use plenty of Hammergel. Lots of water and I'm good with gatorade as a supplement.0
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Fig Newtons are an oldie but goodie and travel well in the jersey pocket.0
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I tend to lose my appetite when I'm hot, so I focus on eating small amounts often. Eat things that will agree with you and are mostly carbohydrate.
Beer, I take it?.... :happy:
Nice. :laugh:0 -
I tried the honey waffles today. That was definitely a winner! I went back to the LBS and got some more. :bigsmile: :bigsmile:0
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Great ideas here...like the idea of the Garmin alert based on calorie burn, I am going to try that.
I have calories of some kind on a ride over 90 minutes...
If I know it is over 90 minutes, I drink water to start and then switch to Hammer Heed or Metagenics Endura (more electrolytes) at 45-60 minutes.
If over 2 hours then I throw in a half to whole bar with some protein/carbs and fat (right now I am like Macro Bars)
Going toward 4 hours then a Caffiene thing is nice like black cherry Clif block.
BUT it also reallly depends on how hard I am riding and or climbing I did a two hour plus ride with a friend at a slower place on Saturday and I did not have anything except water. Just went directly to lunch.0 -
I just pack some baked potatoes along with my water. Sometime Coconut water.0
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Some interesting reading here for me guys.
I'm doing a ride in July which is just over 200 miles over 2 days.
Training is going well, I'm just looking at the nutritional side now, trying to get my head around it
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BUT it also reallly depends on how hard I am riding and or climbing I did a two hour plus ride with a friend at a slower place on Saturday and I did not have anything except water. Just went directly to lunch.
I swear those are the best rides! I like riding to go get tacos...or icecream...or my fav is riding to the movies & getting a bucket of popcorn...heh heh.0 -
Wasn't going to comment but you don't say your level of intensity. I have a pace I can sustain fasted, pretty much indefinitely so far as I have tested (105 miles is the max). If I want to go faster, I need to eat. If I want to go hard for more than an hour, I find gels are the ONLY thing that let's me stay with the big boys.0
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I just drink water.
If the ride is going to be longer than a few hours, I bring a sandwich and/or an apple.
What is the point of these gel thingies? Can't you just bring soda, candy and salty pretzels if you need that kind of fuel?0 -
I just drink water.
If the ride is going to be longer than a few hours, I bring a sandwich and/or an apple.
What is the point of these gel thingies? Can't you just bring soda, candy and salty pretzels if you need that kind of fuel?
For some of the people replying here, they'll be on a group ride, for 5 hours upwards, going at 30+ kph! and it's a little difficult to eat an apple whilst on the move...
Real food is fine, if packaged correctly, like sandwiches in bite sized wraps of foil, or the old standby bananas...
If you can pull over and stop for a while, and you're on your own, no great problem, eat whatever you want.0 -
NEVER! I repeat NEVER! take plumbs in a fanny pack on a run of over 30 miles. They won't be plumbs by the time you get to where you need them and it leaves a nasty stain in your fanny pack as well as some embarassing drips down the back of your running shorts. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: (Oh, I can laugh at it now, but on that day, you better not even mention it. :laugh: :laugh: )0
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On a 40 mile ride a banana will do me just fine but on longer rides I take either flapjack or naked bars and some nuts or dried fruit and two bottles of squash, you can always find a cafe for a cuppa along the way too ????0
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NEVER! I repeat NEVER! take plumbs in a fanny pack on a run of over 30 miles.
Another phrase which doesn't translate well this side of the pond :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:0 -
I just drink water.
If the ride is going to be longer than a few hours, I bring a sandwich and/or an apple.
What is the point of these gel thingies? Can't you just bring soda, candy and salty pretzels if you need that kind of fuel?
For some of the people replying here, they'll be on a group ride, for 5 hours upwards, going at 30+ kph! and it's a little difficult to eat an apple whilst on the move...
Real food is fine, if packaged correctly, like sandwiches in bite sized wraps of foil, or the old standby bananas...
If you can pull over and stop for a while, and you're on your own, no great problem, eat whatever you want.
Agreed. It depends a lot on the person and on the ride.
On a solo ride I can do whatever I want, stop whenever I want, etc... so food and drink choices are almost limitless. On a group ride I don't always have that luxury, so I'll typically take things that pack easily, travel well, and can be eaten when stopped or while riding. A race is similar, except I know I need things that will absorb fast and digest easy with minimal stress on my stomach/digestive system.0 -
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Nice video, LOL.0
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Love it! How do I get the pizza guy to deliver while I'm on my century ride. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:0 -
Love it! How do I get the pizza guy to deliver while I'm on my century ride. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
that's what live-tracking on the Garmin 810 was made for, I'd say... email a link to the Pizza Shed, and get the delivery driver to "hunt you down" :laugh:0 -
Love it! How do I get the pizza guy to deliver while I'm on my century ride. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
that's what live-tracking on the Garmin 810 was made for, I'd say... email a link to the Pizza Shed, and get the delivery driver to "hunt you down" :laugh:
I sooooo want to try this, make a change from a sandwich0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OhUJywiSUE