RIDE tomorrow if anyone's interested

[quote="Sylv"]
I'd be curious to hear what other people's habits are - on rides there are some I seem to never see eating, and others who always seem to be eating!

[Mohammad L]

@Marek - sorry - I'm gonna fatigue myself and do a 5000m climbing 100 mile ride just for you!!!

heinz baked beans are quite good - you'll be gassing your way forward - bit like pressing the turbo charge button in those super cars - accelerator!

@ Andrew - what would your nutrition strategy be then exactly for a 100 mile bike ride - how often would you eat, how much would you drink and what would you consume? I'd be interested to know

Oh and one more thing - I feel bad but I hardly attend the CRs mainly because I sometimes get cold waiting around . I don't fancy starting a TG run as an icicle especially when the pace is fast from the outset! It takes my body ages to warm ups - I need at least 1 hour of warm up before the engine gets going. That's also why I don't do cafe stops in my ride. It disrupts my rhythmn

[Sylv]

[quote="Mohammad L"] and one more thing - I feel bad but I hardly attend the CRs mainly because I sometimes get cold waiting around . I don't fancy starting a TG run as an icicle especially when the pace is fast from the outset! It takes my body ages to warm ups - I need at least 1 hour of warm up before the engine gets going. That's also why I don't do cafe stops in my ride. It disrupts my rhythmn

[Andrew G]

For a 6 hour ride I'd have 3 or 4 600ml bottles depending on the temperature starting with 2 with carb drink. I'd eat around 4 energy bars (CLIF generally) or similar (homemade flapjack to replace a bar or two) and eat regularly taking bites rather than eat a whole bar in one go every hour or so.

When racing a 100 I have 3 600ml bottles of carb drink (4 if hotter with the 2nd two mixed a bit weaker) and 5-6 gels and an energy bar. I'll have a small pot of rice pudding about an hour before the race and another just before I head off to the start line.

It's not a lot of food to take in over that prolonged period of exercise. During his record breaking 24 hour Wilko looked to take two feeds an hour, one being a bottle with SIS Go in it, the other being an energy bar (sometimes switched for a peanut butter sandwich).

[RachelB]

Nobody's mentioned Porridge! stuffed with banana, kiwi and honey - slow release.