I was amused at the thought of riders conscientiously snarfing sweet goos or potions for fear of bonking on a 20 mile ride. While I have no interest (except perhaps academic) in low carb diets, I have for decades eaten very little during the day, and getting most of my nourishment in the evening. I've read in many places that this is bad, but that's what I do -- usually large coffee or tea in the early morning, sometimes with sugar and milk, sometimes black; a small snack in the early afternoon; dinner after 5 pm.
Anyway, while I don't ride long distances, I have no problem riding a vigorous 30 miles on coffee and perhaps bread and cheese (coffee only if before 1, perhaps a snack if afterward), and I don't bonk, unless I wait too long after I return before eating something -- I *will* bonk if, at say 3 pm, I return after a ride on an empty stomach, and don't get around to eating because I get busy with something else -- for situations like this I do carry an emergency stash of glucose pills. The problem with riding later in the day on an empty stomach, while of course drinking a lot of liquid, is that you need to pee every 15 minutes, which raises eyebrows. Patrick Moore On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 10:31 AM, 'Tim' via RBW Owners Bunch < [email protected]> wrote: > On a 20 mile ride, I don't think that the Gatorade you drink is fueling > you. Those carbs only become a source of fuel when glycogen stores are > depleted. Even if you're a carb eater, and you have fasted, you still have > enough glycogen (stored carbs) to ride 2 hrs, and even go anaerobic at > times. I used to be very puzzled on 25 mile or so group rides with all the > riders who were gobbling sugary energy bars (hooray for marketing!) When I > did EBDJ, while training for PBP 2015, and became keto adapted, I could > ride up to 3 hrs (~15 mph avg) with no food. I did a 200k perm, totally > flat, with only sausage and cheese for fuel. I found it to be a miserable > experience. The last half of the ride felt like a 5 hour bonk. I was only a > couple of weeks into EBDJ, so maybe not quite keto adapted yet. 2-3 weeks > later, I did the same 200k perm, and at the last C-store control, feeling > pretty lousy, I had a Starbucks double shot (caffeine + carbs, yay!) and > was very energized and able to finish not feeling like crap. I settled > into a routine of fueling with carbs during rides of 100km or more. > > Before and during my EBDJ, I followed with great interest, Deacon > Patrick's thoughts and experiences. If I remember correctly, Patrick, you > described 7-8 hour rides on your Hunqa with only coconut oil as fuel. I was > never, ever able to get to such a point. But then again, with the epic sub > zero temperature rides that you do, I feel that you're clinically insane. > Sardonic grin.... > > Very interested to hear how it goes, Lum. > > Tim "not doing EBDJ but should be" Kirch > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, New Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique ************************************************************************** ************** *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
