TELL ME ALL YOUR THOUGHTS ON FOOD
FOOD, MAN I LOVE GOOD FOOD. On the bike, off the bike, wherever and whenever, if it's good count me in. But, I always struggle with...
... how much and how often.
On the way home for a legripping ride today I was feeling great, and I think it's for two reasons:
- I got to bed early enough to get the min. 7 hours of sleep (5am wake up)
- I ate a lot and often
So how much food to fuel 60 miles, 4700' of vert and an average pace of 19mph?
- 2 bottles with 240 calories (Skratch: 2 scoops of Hydration and 2 of Superfuel
- 2 Honey Stinger Waffles
That's 800 calories.
The warm up is a pretty easy 50ish minutes of zone 1 and 2, 1000' of vert.
The ride, well, it can be brutal.
Often, I'll cruise the 27 miles home because I'm smoked. But, today was a test and it showed that eating a lot more allows me to keep a good pace for the entire distance.
Truth is, I think I should have eaten the 3rd waffle in my pocket.
Shooting for 400 cal/hour when the pace is high.
What about off the bike?
A few do's and don'ts
- Don't get hungry
- Do eat fewer, bigger meals
- Fast occasionally
- Do eat more protein
- Do eat or pound a recovery drink right after
That's it for now.
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