Long ride nutrition
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:18 am
We did a very long clubrun yesterday in warm sticky conditions. 160 miles of mixed terrain in 9 hours riding time. 2 stops: 3 hours - cafe - 3 hours - cafe - 3 hours - home! The pace wasn't exactly "full on" but we weren't hanging about either!
Can anybody estimate the calorie burn?
We ate some rubbish! We thought it might be worth sharing what was consumed for critique by John (or anyone else). I should just say that with this sort of ride there are limitations over what you can carry, cafes don't tend to serve wholemeal pasta or porridge (organic or inorganic), there's a degree of comfort eating going on and sometimes its a case of eating what you can stomach (anything is better than nothing when you're about to knock!) So putting the above reservations on one side for a minute, between us:
On the road:
Most of us appeared to be getting through 1.5litres of liquid during each 3 hour phase and then rehydrating in the cafe. It was a mixture of water and isotonic drink. Plus a small plantation of bananas, various muesli bars, flap-jacks, nuts, dried fruit, pumpkin seeds and twix fingers (somewhat melted).
In the cafe:
Tea, coffee, squash, coke, diet coke.
Lasagne and chips, bacon sandwiches, jacket spuds (tuna, cheese+beans), tea cakes, crumble/custard, cheesecake, misc cakes, Yorks curd tarts, apple pie and ice cream.
Actually, we stopped in the same cafe out and back - they were strangely pleased to see us return!!
Go on then, what do you think? Don't be too hard on us!
Can anybody estimate the calorie burn?
We ate some rubbish! We thought it might be worth sharing what was consumed for critique by John (or anyone else). I should just say that with this sort of ride there are limitations over what you can carry, cafes don't tend to serve wholemeal pasta or porridge (organic or inorganic), there's a degree of comfort eating going on and sometimes its a case of eating what you can stomach (anything is better than nothing when you're about to knock!) So putting the above reservations on one side for a minute, between us:
On the road:
Most of us appeared to be getting through 1.5litres of liquid during each 3 hour phase and then rehydrating in the cafe. It was a mixture of water and isotonic drink. Plus a small plantation of bananas, various muesli bars, flap-jacks, nuts, dried fruit, pumpkin seeds and twix fingers (somewhat melted).
In the cafe:
Tea, coffee, squash, coke, diet coke.
Lasagne and chips, bacon sandwiches, jacket spuds (tuna, cheese+beans), tea cakes, crumble/custard, cheesecake, misc cakes, Yorks curd tarts, apple pie and ice cream.
Actually, we stopped in the same cafe out and back - they were strangely pleased to see us return!!
Go on then, what do you think? Don't be too hard on us!