Quote Originally Posted by rocknrollgirl View Post
After reading this, I came home and looked at the calories in my sports drink...total ingested 200. One gel 100. So I consumed 300 calories on a three hour ride. And it was the first warm day we have had in months. And it was a long week of training.

Wow - yeah nowhere near enough. I have started adding up everything before I leave the house. If I know I am doing a 3 hour ride, I will carry with me 900 calories (including sports drinks, etc.). (And I generally throw in an extra bar that I know I won't open just in case something happens and I am out later). Then I just have to work my way through it all (except the emergency reserve bar) as I ride, bit by bit.

Yesterday's 2 hour ride: 140 cal in sports drink, 1 bagel (250 cal), 1 pack of power bar gel blasts (200 cal). So right at 600 calories and the ride was great.