Gaining weight after a long ride?

[maillotpois]

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.

[rocknrollgirl]

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.

Part of what makes it tough, is I am on a mt bike. Very hard to eat and ride and we generally do not stop. It makes it very tough. I am going to have to really work on it.

[maillotpois]

Part of what makes it tough, is I am on a mt bike. Very hard to eat and ride and we generally do not stop. It makes it very tough. I am going to have to really work on it.

Oh yeah - a lot harder to eat on the bike on a MTB than a road bike for sure. Hmm.

[tctrek]

So much good information! I'm really glad I posted this thread!