Quote Originally Posted by Nanci
if you can, and a longer ride on the weekend, and increase that ride very gradually- 2 or 3 or 5 miles at a time- making sure you're eating while you ride because soon you're going to get into the time range where you use up your energy stores. Nanci
Hit that point yesterday! I did my very first ride on my road bike almost two months ago and Tiff and I did our longest ride (51.9 miles) yesterday and even though I've heard the women here preach about proper nutrition and hydration on longer rides, boy...does it smack you upside the head and become VERY REAL when you're out there. Thankfully it was a lesson that we won't forget...one energy gel and a Luna Bar is not enough food while riding 50 miles and hills! We should have stopped when we came out of the canyon and back into civilizathion like we had planned to originally, but instead we just pushed on and decided to stop and eat at the end of the ride. The last 1/4 mile I thought I might have to get off and walk and my mental alertness until I got some food in my body was pretty crappy. Won't be doing that again!