I should clarify my eating strategy. If the ride only lasts an hour to an hour and a half, I may eat little to nothing during the ride, assuming that I ate sufficiently before the ride. For longer rides, I start eating at about the 15-mile mark and continue from there. The longer the ride, the shorter the intervals between bites of food. I can usually last between SAG stops, but I keep food on my bike just in case. For really long rides, I typically keep a bag of food in my top tube back, so that I can grab it really easily.
Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Continue to learn. Appreciate your friends. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.
--Mary Anne Radmacher