What do you eat on long rides?

As for me if I'm on a long run I try and stop at like there's a pastry shop on the way to my favor MEATRY in ohio oh and they also have icecream Young's dairy. Guess that's why their hambugers are so good LOL. Then if I have the money from doing a young's run I'll stop at the Mcd's just outside of Xenia and eat. Or if I'm on their ride I stop an the stops and get stuff to eat and drink ya. But if I'm on my own I go by Young's and eat and rest. For the vegans out here I don't know of any place that serves veggies sorry.

Cheers
dragnfly

 

I guess i am a throw back to cave man days or sumpin.I will eat about anything as long as its on my plate and it don't kick me.And when i am hot or thirsty i want something cold and wet doesn't matter what ..Ok except booze and i can't stand beer.

 

Kool aid is okay if you make it with about half the sugar they call for, but I don't think this is the kool-aid that Honeybee was referring to in her post. I believe she is referring to something much more potent and I feel for her. Good luck Honeybee.

 

:agree: :agree: I think that's called a SEE FOOD DIET. Ya you see food and eat it. Same one I'm on. On as for Kool Aid I love it.

cheer
dragnfly

 

I have been experimenting with the Hammer Nutrition products. I do pretty
well on cookies, banannas,Gatorade and peanut butter/jelly sandwiches
for 2-4 hours but a whole day of that fare makes me nauseous. This year I am using Hammer's Perpetuem, supplemented with an ocassional Clif Bar
and electrolytes. The Perpetuem has a blend of complex carbs and protein
and seems to be easier to digest than the simple sugars in most of the stuff
I eat on shorter rides. The down side is that it isn't cheap. The web site
is www.hammernutrition.com/

 

Welcome to the forum hcrain53.

I've been looking at the hammer products and will try them.

I've never done anything special for a 3 - 3 1/2 hour ride but over that I start thinking about putting something in me lest I run out of gas. I remember one time though that I was gone over 6 hours and did nothing out of the ordinary; actually about all I did was drink water. Talk about a bad ride. It started about 20 miles from home and I had a big job keeping the bike going. About 4 miles from home I started getting chilled...and the temperature was well into the 90's. That's one mistake I won't make again.

 

How long does the ride have to be to be considered "long"?

I ask because up to now 10 or 15 miles has been a long ride. At that distance I have only worried about water.

 

Darby, I've always considered anything over 3 hours to be a long ride. Some probably don't consider it long until 5 hours or more and some only after an hour. But for me, I've just hung with the 3 hours.

Yet today, my 3 hour ride was long but very, very slow. I hit the wall after about 90 minutes and could have used something. But, I got home even if slow.

 

I guess I am a glutton...When Willie G and I do a day ride is is usually on River Road up to Townsend and back which, round trip is between 30-34 miles. A long ride for us would be something more in the range of 45-50 miles. We'll do those when we train for tours, like the MS150.

 

Saturday Mickey and I are doing the Clarksville Rotary Annual Metric (CRAM) ride on May 24, 2008. I'm registered for the 62 and Mickey will register when we get there. He'll probably do the century and finish when
I finish or before.

I'll get up that morning and eat a big bowl of seven grain whole grain cereal with a banana, apple, walnuts, dates and freshly ground flax seed. I'll also have two pieces of whole grain toast with blue berry jam sweetened with stevia. No coffee or caffiene.

That will hold me until 2p, which is my dinner time. No snacking, just clear spring liquid to drink. It bogs me down when I continously fuel load when working or riding.

 

Very interesting substance. The artificial sweetener industry has done a very good job of keeping this stuff under the table.

I will be checking at my local whole foods store for this stuff. Thanks for the info.

 

That'll be some good ridin' there Bro. Bishop, come back and give us a good report. You got that new Phantom yet?? Need a good review on it when you get it and have some seat time.

Don
"Find out what it is you don't like
doing and stop doing it."

 

Dear Darby,

Please be advised, I never use artificial sweeteners. Stevia is an herb made during creation week with God's own hand. Our good friend A.D. introduced me to it some years back and it has been a blessing to this old diabetic. It can now be purchased at Ingles, here in East TN.

 

You got that new Phantom yet?? Need a good review on it when you get it and have some seat time.

Don
"Find out what it is you don't like
doing and stop doing it.

Don't have it. Paid for it on April 28 2008. I'll need to PM my friends. The language I will use is not appropriate here.

 

I stoped at R3 in Clarksville yesterday and looked at some of the Hammer products. One thing I don't see on the lable is artificial sweeteners. I picked up a couple of products to try on my "longer" personal rides (usually 16 to 20 miles is "longer" for me) - for me these products are about being able to push a little on the ride (so I can slowly work to extending my idea of long) and still be able to get up, move around, and do things after the ride.

Buddy, I look forward to seeing you at the CRAM, even if it's only at the start - I'm signed up for the 35 mile, which is the longest single ride I've taken in...well, I was in highschool last time I rode further in one day.

While we're on this riding/nutrition thing, I realize that vitamin supplements are a little controversial. I'll be specific and speak to B complex vitamins. I have noticed on more than one occasion that if I intentionally supplement food I am eating with B complex vitamins, rides are easier for me. Unfortunately, I don't believe that a B complex "vitamin pill" is the answer - I don't think the body responds to them as well as it does whole foods. When I speak of "supplementing" foods, I mean I add brewers yeast to things at times - unfortunately, you can smell me about a half a mile away for several days after such a thing. Does anyone have a take on how to get more B complex vitamins without using a pill or just plain stinking? I feel like the fact that I've tested this, and found it does seem to help is an indicator that I should be getting more B vitamins on a regular basis.