Cycling and Nutrition

[TrekTheKaty]

Also a fan of chocolate milk as a recovery drink. Smoothies are better, but I'm lazy. I buy those Horizon organic individual chocolate milk packages. If a shot of espresso falls in there, all the better

Tweeked my eating on the bike this summer. For rides less than an hour, nuun tablets to replace electrolytes, but no calories. Longer rides, cytomax in my bottles and one Kind bar--the perfect mix of protein (nuts) and sugar (quick energy) for me. I also swapped sharkies in place of jelly bellys and I'm using gels again. I also set an alarm to remind me to eat every 45 min (I used to eat every hour, but sometimes i would still bonk at the end of a long ride).

Last 40 mile ride was camelback and 2 bottles of cytomax. Gel after first 45 min, then Kind bar, then sharkies as we headed for the car. Chocolate milk was waiting in the cooler when I finished. For the first time, I wasn't famished the rest of the day. Of course, it was hot, and I have to wonder if that hadn't affected my appetite, so I will repeat again this weekend.