i ate differently than i did for my 24 hour solo race...

My long rides i bring along - bananas, dried fruit, fig newtons and pop tarts...i bring gels as an emergency. I think gels and specialty bars are too expensive, and IMO real food is better. bars are more convenient i guess....i eat every hour starting after the first hour. i also bring a bottle or two of eload.

during my race i ate snacks every lap (roughly every 1:30): powdered donuts, fig newtons and chips and granola bars (the harvest crunch salty sweet ones). every 3rd lap i ate a meal: plain pasta with oil and cheese, or perogies with chicken bacon. every lap i had a good couple of cups of either eload or this new stuff called exelerate (they had it at the race, i had tried it before, it was quite good for me).

this seemed to work for me. every tummy is different. no fruit for me while i race. of any kind. nerves make fruit in me nasty.



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