Too many calories during long rides?

[witeowl]

I read the other day that our bodies can only absorb one "carb" (I assume he meant one carbohydrate gram) per minute. So, if you're riding 100 minutes, don't ingest more than 100 grams, or 400 calories, of carbs, even though you may have burned about 1000 calories during that time.

[Dogmama]

I second the suggestion to purchase a HRM that gives you calories used. You correctly assessed that calories used can change with terrain, head winds, etc.

Sounds like a great ride!

[Hammer]

I rode the MS150 this past weekend. Friday night I had a plate of salad/spaghetti and breadstick.

Sat morning I fried up a couple eggs and had toast plus a glass of a hot cocoa concoction/coffee.

I biked 100 miles on Sat, ate throughout the day a couple energy gels, a ham sandwhich, orange slice, some soda, a bottle or so of gatorade, cracker packs, a candy bar, a brat, banana, a big plate of pasta, salad, green beans that night and ice cream.

Sunday I biked 50, I had scrambled eggs/pancakes/hashbrowns for breakfast, nibbled a little on the ride, half a ham sandwich at the checkpoint, candy bar, at then end they thankfully had chicken breast, baked potato and salad... I was getting really tired of carbs.

I did drink a little gatorade, a lot of water, and a can or two of pop during the rest of the day. And ate some other stuff.

I ended up gaining 3-4 pounds this weekend past my peak weight. I imagine that my body has retained a lot of garbage that may take a little while to flush out. It wasn't a flat ride, lots of rolling hills. Though we had a tail wind for much of both directions... yay!