| Re: Power drink recommendations?
saki wrote:
> If it's not raining Sunday morning I plan to do the 22-mile L.A.
Acura bike
> tour prior to the marathon. My training rides are usually 15 miles; I
did
> twenty last weekend with no trouble.
>
> Because this is a route unfamiliar to me (and because it has some
slight
> elevation changes) I'm concerned about needing a boost in the latter
stages
> of the ride. Normally I just carry water. I'm unfamiliar with all the
> modern power drinks (they weren't around thirty years ago when I did
my
> long-distance riding) and don't know whether they're really helpful.
>
> Is there something I could put together at home (ided tea with sugar,
for
> instance) or is there something that's really sure-fire for an energy
kick?
>
22 miles shouldn't begin to deplete a healthy person's glycogen
reserves.
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