Carbs before bed time?

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Last night I pigged out, large Hawaiian pizza and five stubbies of VB.

Sometimes I have /two/ large pizzas before going to bed after an afternoon
shift (knock off at 11pm). I'm not sure about the next day's ride, but I
don't sleep too well :-)

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Last night I pigged out, large Hawaiian pizza and five stubbies of VB.

haha.. tonight I looked at the pasta sitting on the bench and
thought.. "fuggit!", took off down the road for a pizza!!
Mexicana.. YUM! Hey, I did some hard work at the
'drome and a pizza every now and then ain't too bad..
well.. maybe a whole pizza is.. oh well. :-P

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This morning's ride was AWESOME! Six minutes off my usual morning ride
time, my legs normally run out of steam around 140bpm but averaged
160bpm today.

It's called 'guilt'. It can be a great motivator.. I should know. :-)
Commute times at this time of year are fast because there's
heaps less traffic. How many reds did you run? ;-)

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My normal dinner is something along the lines of steak or fish with a
side salad about 19:00. Should I go more carby and eat later, say 21:00
which is half an hour before I generally go to bed?

No. Maybe more carbs but don't have the meal so close to
bed time. It doesn't help you trying to sleep with a belly full.
Hang on.. you go to bed at 9.30pm! My god.. I went to bed
EARLY last night at 10pm and I had the worst night's sleep
I've had for months! How do you do it? Early mornings?

hippy

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Last night I pigged out, large Hawaiian pizza and five stubbies of VB.

This morning's ride was AWESOME! Six minutes off my usual morning ride
time, my legs normally run out of steam around 140bpm but averaged
160bpm today.

My normal dinner is something along the lines of steak or fish with a
side salad about 19:00. Should I go more carby and eat later, say 21:00
which is half an hour before I generally go to bed?
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Cheers
Euan

I did a similar thing last night, but with Rice Cream. knocked off a tin of
rice cream then went out for a ride at 8pm for a 50 km ride. Sprinting up
hills in the big gear and all!
I thought it worked so well I did it again today, a can of rice cream and
then swam 4km. My longest ever! (Previous best was 3 km). Bought 6 hot cross
buns, a box of chocolates and Salt & vinegar potato chips to celebrate.

Marty

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This morning's ride was AWESOME! Six minutes off my usual
morning ride time, my legs normally run out of steam around
140bpm but averaged 160bpm today.

hippy> It's called 'guilt'. It can be a great motivator.. I should
hippy> know. :-) Commute times at this time of year are fast because
hippy> there's heaps less traffic. How many reds did you run? ;-)

I never run reds, heck I stop for amber if safe to do so 'cause that's
what it means.

hippy> No. Maybe more carbs but don't have the meal so close to bed
hippy> time. It doesn't help you trying to sleep with a belly full.

More carbs does seem like a good idea, replenish glycogen after ride
home and store some up for the next morning.

hippy> Hang on.. you go to bed at 9.30pm! My god.. I went to bed
hippy> EARLY last night at 10pm and I had the worst night's sleep
hippy> I've had for months! How do you do it? Early mornings?

I'm normally up at 05:30, the theory is that I get home by about 16:30.
That happens about once every two weeks, normally I'm home about 17:30.
Last night was 20:00.
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Cheers
Euan

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"]Last night I pigged out, large Hawaiian pizza and five stubbies of VB.

This morning's ride was AWESOME! Six minutes off my usual morning ride
time, my legs normally run out of steam around 140bpm but averaged
160bpm today.

My normal dinner is something along the lines of steak or fish with a
side salad about 19:00. Should I go more carby and eat later, say 21:00
which is half an hour before I generally go to bed?
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Cheers
Euan

y'all forgettin the power of da 'VB'!!! 😄 😄 😄

"flyingdutch" <[email hidden]

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My normal dinner is something along the lines of steak or fish with a
side salad about 19:00. Should I go more carby and eat later, say
21:00 which is half an hour before I generally go to bed?

y'all forgettin the power of da 'VB'!!! 😄 😄 😄

Not so good in this weather, before bed, especially if
you've just done a hard ride. I've been struggling to stay
hydrated over the last couple of weeks and I have hardly
been drinking (grog that is)!
I finished all my beer supplies a while back and have
been trying to avoid buying more.
Me not drinking? Now you _know_ I wanna win! :-)
With no sprint training tomorrow, tonight might be an
exception however.. :-)

hippy

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hippy> It's called 'guilt'. It can be a great motivator.. I should
hippy> know. :-) Commute times at this time of year are fast because
hippy> there's heaps less traffic. How many reds did you run? ;-)

I never run reds, heck I stop for amber if safe to do so 'cause that's
what it means.

Instead of looking at traffic lights as a hinderance.. they
should be viewed as 'track stand training tools'. ;-)

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hippy> No. Maybe more carbs but don't have the meal so close to bed
hippy> time. It doesn't help you trying to sleep with a belly full.

More carbs does seem like a good idea, replenish glycogen after ride
home and store some up for the next morning.

Yes, post hard exercise, you should ingest some high GI carbs
and you might want to include some lower GI carbs in your
meals. How much all depends on how far and how hard you
ride I guess. Hey, I'm no longer in the three figure weight
range!

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hippy> Hang on.. you go to bed at 9.30pm! My god.. I went to bed
hippy> EARLY last night at 10pm and I had the worst night's sleep
hippy> I've had for months! How do you do it? Early mornings?

I'm normally up at 05:30, the theory is that I get home by about 16:30.
That happens about once every two weeks, normally I'm home about 17:30.
Last night was 20:00.

You gotta fight, for your right, to leave woooork on time!

hippy
- with apologies to the Beastie Boys