| Re: On-bike nutrition advice sought
Dave Stallard wrote:
|| I did a 90 mile ride on Saturday. I finished pretty strongly, but
|| hit the bonk in a couple of places in the middle - no power in my
|| legs, feeling unequal to any gradient, etc. Strangely, the same
|| places I did the last time, and not even steep hills.
How much do you weigh? How did you recover from the bonk - did you start
eating in response to this feeling? From teh sounds of it, I'm wondering if
you really bonked. You said you finished strongly, so you obviously
recovered. What you ate below doesn't sound as if it would have helped you
recover to finish strong from a bonk.
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|| I take Clif bars and Powerade in my water bottle. I love the taste
|| of Clif bars, but they don't sit well in my stomache while cycling.
|| Towards the end of the ride, I'll step up to one of the caffeinated
|| "Ice Series" Clif bars. I also use a GU gel pack for that one
|| most difficult moment. Total for the ride: 2.5 Clif bars, one 100
|| calorie GU gel pack, and 40 ounces of Powerade, supplemented by
|| probably 40-60 ounces of regular water.
That seems reasonable to me. But you may want to get more carbs before your
ride that will help prevent the bonk and your on-bike food should keep
energy levels up. You didn't mention what you ate and drank BEFORE your
ride.
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|| Questions: Am I eating enough?
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|| Are there more digestible bars than Clif? I really want something
|| that digests and comes online as soon as possible. (I don't like
|| the GUs too much).
I take glucose tablets with me along with a Balance bar. I also drink
gatoraid.
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|| Does anybody use one of those "musette" bags for food? (I bet if
|| food was easier to reach, in smaller bites, I would eat more
|| regularly during the ride.)
||
|| Dave
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