What did you eat today?

[limewave]

Today is 4.5 hours on the bike . . . and things have changed. All of them will be on the trail

B: Eggs and Ezekiel Toast
S: Full bowl of oats w/ PB & Cranberries
L: UltraMeal Shake w/ Banana, Big Salad
S: (Pre-Ride) Power Smoothie--frzn spinach, blueberries, raspberries, Endura, Phytoganix
Ride: Endura, Salted Sweet Potato Chunks, Homemade Luna Bars, Whey protein, Water
PostRide: Veggie Omelette, Cinnamon raisin toast w/ Sunbutter

If I can stomach it today: greek yogurt and granola

If I am able to eat all of this, it's 2000 calories. Since I won't get done with my ride until around 8PM and will be eating dinner at 8:30, I don't want to eat too much before bed and get into a snacking black-hole. I'm hoping to eat dinner, soak in the tub for a few minutes and go to bed. I can eat a big, nourishing breakfast in the morning

[Catrin]

Limewave - have fun, sounds awesome!

[Reesha]

Today is 4.5 hours on the bike . . . and things have changed. All of them will be on the trail

B: Eggs and Ezekiel Toast
S: Full bowl of oats w/ PB & Cranberries
L: UltraMeal Shake w/ Banana, Big Salad
S: (Pre-Ride) Power Smoothie--frzn spinach, blueberries, raspberries, Endura, Phytoganix
Ride: Endura, Salted Sweet Potato Chunks, Homemade Luna Bars, Whey protein, Water
PostRide: Veggie Omelette, Cinnamon raisin toast w/ Sunbutter

If I can stomach it today: greek yogurt and granola

If I am able to eat all of this, it's 2000 calories. Since I won't get done with my ride until around 8PM and will be eating dinner at 8:30, I don't want to eat too much before bed and get into a snacking black-hole. I'm hoping to eat dinner, soak in the tub for a few minutes and go to bed. I can eat a big, nourishing breakfast in the morning

How do you prep the sweet potato chunks for travel?

[limewave]

How do you prep the sweet potato chunks for travel?

Not sure yet, that is my task for this morning. I'm thinking about microwaving the sweet potato and then smashing it with a fork and mixing in salt. Then rolling the potato smush into bite-size balls.

[Reesha]

I just ate a microwaved sweet potato

[Catrin]

Not sure yet, that is my task for this morning. I'm thinking about microwaving the sweet potato and then smashing it with a fork and mixing in salt. Then rolling the potato smush into bite-size balls.

I will be curious to hear how this works for you. I would like to get away a bit from energy bars this year - not entirely but add a few more real food choices on the bike. Also curious to hear how the liquid nutrition works for you as well - I suspect that I may need to do a bit more of this as well to get enough calories on long ride days.

[solobiker]

B: Turkey sausage and an apple

S: A few almonds

L: Leftover turkey from Easter and some veggies

S: Pretzels and another apple

D: I am making a Thai recipe with rice, chinese sausage, chopped up veggies, and a variety of spice/sauces. yummm Garlic and serrano peppers.

[Crankin]

A few almonds before circuit training class that whipped my azz
B: coffee, egg white omelette with cheddar and green chili salsa, 2 pieces turkey bacon, orange, handful of almonds and 2 dried apricots (I was still starving)
L: low fat cottage cheese with blueberries, almonds, cranberries, an apple
S: more nuts and cranberries
D: pork chop (the thick kind... DH made dinner), combo of zucchini, onions, mushrooms in a vinaigrette sauce, 2 pieces dark chocolate, glass of red wine

[limewave]

Yesterday I mashed up microwaved sweet potato (no skin). I added salt, ground oatmeal, and dried basil. I've been trying to think of something savory to eat for my endurance rides. Also, I'm trying to avoid packaged gels and goos that may have sugar. In an old thread some of us discussed losing focus and feeling foggy while riding single track and we concluded that it was probably caused from a sugar crash.

I rolled the smashed potato into bite-size balls and put them in paper candy wraps inside a ziploc bag. The potato was too moist for the paper, next time I'll use foil or plastic. The potato was very moist and easy to swallow which I liked. After riding for 3-4 hours, it can be hard to chew.

I alternated sweet potato ball and homemade min luna bars every 45 minutes and supplemented with a water bottle of endura. My goal was to take in approx 130 calories every hour.

Even though my pace was slower than I liked, I had a good ride. I felt focused, never felt too fatigued, and was able to ride aggressively (out of the saddle for corners, technical sections, etc) up to the very end.

So far so good . . .
If anyone is interested in reading about my first 4-hour ride, I'm going to write a post for my blog later today.