eating for the Terrible Two

Look up Crank Sports on the web. Their e-Fuel and e-Gel are something I got
into this year, and really helped me in a 170 mile race. Only about 2500 ft
of climbing; not much, but hey, no descents either, so 7:20 of constant
pedaling...

Anyway, the gels are bigger packages than others, about 150 cals each, but
the biggie is that they contain a load of sodium and potassium in them as
well; more than most others. I used those primarily, about 2 per hour,
plus had several bottles of water and one of accelerade with me, along with
a couple of cliff bars for something solid. The e-Gels were great at
keeping the cramps at bay. Suggestion, make sure to drink early in the
ride. For the first couple of hrs, make sure to take one bottle of fluid
per hour. It's easy to neglect it at the beginning of the ride, because you
feel so good, and you may forget. that can trash you a 100 more miles down
the road.

Days before, I stocked up on sodium, potassium and magnesium to get the
electrolytes in shape, and ate some 40-30-30 meals, about 25% more calories
than I would have otherwise, for the 2 days prior. Like Chicken Marsala,
with a couple extra rolls and the pasta on the side, for example.

So no, no MD here, but what I did for a similarly long race. BTW, did not
feel depleted or bonked at all after the ride.

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I would love to get feedback on a 3-day eating regiment for an
extremely treacherous double century I am doing. 16k feet of
climbing, 201 miles and if your advice is good under 12-hours!

Also if this is your field what would you recommend for ride food.
Last year I couldn't really stomach solid food so I did allot of glue.
Cramping was an issue too last year but temps hit 118 deg F at one
point. Weather forecast is for 82 this year.

Thanks for your suggestions.

Dave said:

Anyway, the gels are bigger packages than others, about 150 cals each, but
the biggie is that they contain a load of sodium and potassium in them as
well; more than most others.

Thanks for the reference.

But that sodium at 130mg is a bit more than I feel comfortable with......

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I thought so too, but you're gonna lose a LOT on that much of a distance.
And if you're getting along with the potassium, it's not going to have as
drastic effect as if you just took salt tablets. Balancing with the
magnesium (CalMag tablets - calcium-magnesium) a few days before, since
magnesium is not as readily absorbed as the other two gives a good mix.

You're going to sweat a lot on a double, and lose a lot of sodium. I know
it sounds like a lot, and I thought so too, but the person who recommended
it to me recently won her age group (35-39 I think) at the World Triathlon
Chamionships in Portugal recently, and then shortly after won the Disney
Half Ironman, and does these things a lot, so I took it from her experience,
and just trusted. You don't know me from a hole in the wall, but hey,
thought I'd try to help.

Just realize what you're gonna put your body through, and you're going to
need it....

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Dave said:

Anyway, the gels are bigger packages than others, about 150 cals each,

but

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

the biggie is that they contain a load of sodium and potassium in them

as

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

well; more than most others.

Thanks for the reference.

But that sodium at 130mg is a bit more than I feel comfortable with......

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Davey Crockett
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"pbook" wrote ...

Quoted message said:

I would love to get feedback on a 3-day eating regiment for an
extremely treacherous double century I am doing.

Check out the nutrition link here:

http://www.ultracycling.com/

JF

I use E-Caps Endurolytes to help with electrolyte and salt replacement - I
haven't had any problems with cramping since I started using them several
years ago. Prior to that I would sometimes get cramps on extremely hot days
(temps above 100) even when I carefully took enough fluids.

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Quoted message said:

I would love to get feedback on a 3-day eating regiment for an
extremely treacherous double century I am doing. 16k feet of
climbing, 201 miles and if your advice is good under 12-hours!

Also if this is your field what would you recommend for ride food.
Last year I couldn't really stomach solid food so I did allot of glue.
Cramping was an issue too last year but temps hit 118 deg F at one
point. Weather forecast is for 82 this year.

Thanks for your suggestions.

Thanks for all the great suggestions! However, I did cramp again this
year at about the exact same spot as last year (Mile 140). Oddly
enough the temps were 25 deg cooler. I was super hydrated (H2O)going
into it, and I drank at least a couple of bottles between each food
stop. I was trying to drink a high carb low sugar drink but by mile
110 I needed a Mountain Dew and a half of a Coke, anyway from there on
out I had a coke at each stop plus two water bottles 4X or so.

I sweat like a mad man and with the temps falling as we neared the
coast and a long decent I think that my sprinters legs just needed to
chill or actually start sweating again. The last climb is just
treacherous well over 15% in many spots so you can through a 39x27 out
the window, but I found that standing would keep the cramps at bay.
Sitting bad, standing good. So I stuck with that, and recovered
pretty well to finish off the last flatter part. Time: 12:59,
6-minutes faster than last year.

Consumption:

Hammer Gel x6
Cliff Bar x2
e-capps x20
Soda x5
H2O bottles x10-14???
Turkey sandwich x1
Watermelon several pieces.
Cup of Chicken Noodle Soup x1
Fig bars from the road at the top of Fort Ross x2 Hey they looked good
and I was spent!