An Interesting Observation

[caligurl]

well.. i've only been on four "long" (for me) rides.. and i just plain want to eat! i'm STARVING afterwards! lol!at pat and oscars!

[massbikebabe]

Veronica:

Yup, had an italian grinder <grindah> for dinner last Thursday
because we got in late. For those of you who don't know what we are talking about an italian grinder is kinda like a antipasto sub-sandwich Delicious!! Lobstah is cheapah this year for some reason. Must've been a good harvest. Where are you from Veronica...originally, that is?

karen

[Veronica]

Hollis, Maine - it's in York County, about 40 miles southwest of Portland. Most of my family is still in the area. Thom's parents live there as well.

My brothers and sisters think I'm nuts when I go back. I could eat nothing but Italians and lobster rolls (I'm too lazy for a lobster in the shell.) Oh and red hot dogs! It used to be Humpty Dumpty salt and vinegar potato chips as well, but I think they got sold a few years ago.

The funny thing is, you can order the same stuff on a sandwich out here and it just doesn't taste the same. I think it's the bread they use, or maybe the cheese.

Veronica

[massbikebabe]

No Joke...

we had an aftrnoon of searching for Humpty Dumpty chips and could not find them...my husband thinks they are a canadian product...we went looking for them for our kids to try, we kept telling them how good they were!!! We head up to Ogunquit every chance we get, it's beautiful!! and it's only an hour ride from here I absolutely adore Maine...it truly is the way life should be...but the winters are the pits!! I'll bet you must really miss the snow and the cold Nothing like going into the store and picking out your very own lobstah dinnah right from the bin.
Hubby says the secret to the italian grinder is in the oil...that's why they don't taste the same out west. We are all crazy for the chowdah. I am working on making my own!

So how long did it take you to shake your accent??? Mine seems to get worse the older I get. Whenever I do a lecture I get many snickers and the like because of the way I talk...thick Boston twang!!

karen

[Veronica]

Humpty Dumpty used to be made in Scarborough, Maine. Thom made deliveries for them in Old Orchard Beach and Saco as a summer job. That was the early 80s though. Apparently they are still being made in Canada. I Googled them. Bummer, no one else's are as good. I'll have to get my mom to send me some of the oil. She works in a little store in downtown Hollis (yes, that was said tongue in cheek) where they make wicked good lobster rolls and pretty good Italians. (I wonder why they are called that?)

I don't really have much of an accent. As a kid I worked at not talking with one. It didn't sound educated you know, to talk that way. It comes back a little when I go visit. I do use "wicked" as my adverb of choice. My students think it's hilarious. I tell them it's better than using "hecka" like they do. Although I try to break them of that habit.

No I don't miss the snow. Although we were back for Christmas 2002 and we got snow on Christmas Day. We had fun shoveling for my sister. I'd hate to have to deal with it all the time. I've become a wuss, I guess.

V.

[Adventure Girl]

Thats a lot of snow thehr on yoa hahd wood deck in the picktchah? Looks wicked pissah!

[Dogmama]

I just read a study that said post-ride you need to fuel with simple carbs and protein. The post-ride fuel needs to be as soon as possible because your muscles can uptake the glycogen faster. After two hours, you've lost the window of time.

When you exercise, your muscles use stored glycogen. If you don't replace it and keep riding, eventually you'll overtrain. If you seriously overtrain, you're looking at weeks-into-months worth of laying off the bike.

That being said, I like to have a shake of soy milk & protein powder or orange juice & protein powder.

BTW - on another thread we were talking about foods to fuel with during rides. I tried the pay days. They're great!!! They don't sit in your stomach like a bunch of lead, they give great energy, salt & a little fat for staying power. They don't melt too badly (I'm in Tucson!) and they're a bunch cheaper than the designer bars! I give them 4 stars (out of five. Mine was a little soft, but hey, Tucson in the summer ain't no picnic!)

[Pedal Wench]

I think it works!

Yesterday, I went for a long, hilly ride - about 25 miles. Right afterwards, I had some chicken and a sweet potato, and I felt great. Not wiped out, not ravenous for the rest of the day. I think that the protein was the key.

Thanks for the advice - it works!