A SWEET IDEA MIGHT HAVE SAVED ME

I FIGURED I'D NEED four bottles to complete the sixty miles of gravel racing. Then, I checked the weather and reduced that to three bottles... ... and upped the calories to 400 per bottle. Good thing. Because as my Camelbak with fifty ounces, and 800 calories, was getting low... ... I reached for my bottle. Uh Oh! Not there. Launched on one of the smokin' fast downhills. Could I make it on just the Camelbak and the one 200 calorie gel? Normally, I'd say no way. But, I tried something new... Wednesday giant apple fritter in-n-out 3x meat with fries shepherd's pie with extra potatoes Thursday giant plate of danish pancakes, syrup and butter 2 regular in-n-outs with buns and fries and lotsa catsup half a pizza large bag of SkinnyPop cherries and blueberries Friday pre-race apple 3 Entenmann's Chocolate donuts Honey Stinger waffle on the start line ... a lot of simple sugars the two-days prior. Did it make the difference? Honestly, I think it might have. Energy was good for the nearly 4 hours of racing. I think it needs more testing,especially the donuts. === 165 (no idea, traveling)6.5 hrs sleepNo strength work10 minutes stretching0 minutes Reading/Journaling99 (fitness per Training Peaks)0 min vision therapy https://www.strava.com/athletes/10248