[Closed] What food for first 100 mile road ride....

Pies.

Edit. and Haribo's. Lots of Haribo's.

My faveourite for a long ride is Jam & Cheese sanwiches cut up into quarters and wrapped in foil.

Malt loaf sound a good idea though.

If its a fairly easy 100 miles you'll be ok with what you've mentioned I reckon.

Well the route [url= http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/29837932 ]is not that challenging[/url] and I am just getting used to riding again, as hardly done any this year, so no speed records will be broken.

Just one of those prove it to yourself kinda things.

its impossible jamie... nobody can ride that far, relax and have a BBQ instead 8)

Jamie, i did a 117mile road ride on Sunday. Lots of pasta the night before. For the ride, lots of water with some electrolyte tablets (It was hot and i worked hard/sweat loads. Didnt want to cramp after 7hours) Soreen loaf and peanut butter/jam rolls. Plus Haribo in my back pocket.

^ he's lying, i've just said its impossible

I am thinking a large malt loaf and a couple of bottles of water. Preceded by porridge and a 'nana before setting off.

Not going for any world records, more about the distance.

Thoughts?

sounds about right. maybe take a gel or two just in case. always good to knock one of those down at 90 miles when you are really struggling.

make sure you have something at home/ in the car to come back to also.

I did a fairly tough 90miles on saturday and had cereal, fruit and nuts before I went out. We stopped after about 40miles and I had a sandwich, some soreen and some flapjack.

I still had enough energy left to spin 25mph home for the last flat 6 miles (according to some people on STW this is impossible on just a 10mile commute)

But I'd say eat less and more often is a better bet than a mega lunch like i had.

its impossible jamie... nobody can ride that far, relax and have a BBQ instead

Blame TSY for making me feel lazy.

*heads off the gym to do some deadlifts and grunt a lot*

make sure you have something at home/ in the car to come back to also.

1l of Yazoo Choccy milkshake...well that is what I used to down when I got in from 20+ mile runs.

Nothing you've not eaten on a ride before.

Gells etc give some peole stomach cramps. Ditto 50:50 orange juice water for me, needs to be nearer 1:2 water:OJ for me. If in doubt go more dilute.

Cereal bars are good, especialy cheep value ones which are just loaded with sugar, avoid anything healthy, dried fruit, nuts etc contain lots of fiber and the sugar needs water to dilute it, all of which can lead to somach upsets when your energys already being used elswhere. Similarly apple skins are a no-no.

White bread, chicken/turkey and honey sandwiches are oddly nice.

Bannana's are good.

Homade flapjack with lots of sugar in it.

Some low intensity riding the week before hand and lots of carbs during and after with protein.

Some kind of electrolyte, either in your energy drink or as tablets you can add to OJ&water. Keep you pace down, I find I sweat ~750ml/hour on my own on a short/fast ride arround 2 hours, but can get away with 1 bottle on a a 4 hour club run.

all these people are lying and TSY doesnt even exist, he's a figment of the STW-hive-mind hence the ambiguity over her sexuality as certain members imagine him to be a her and other imagine her to be a him.

anybody pretending to have ridden over 20miles in a day is a lying toe-rag and a cheat. i'm disgusted with the state of this country.

*go's to charge up the flouncemobile*

FIG ROLLS!

On Sunday (116 miles)

2 Nunn tablets (for topping up bottles).
2 Honey stinger bars + 1 nana (for on the road)
2 Gels .

Unless you are going for an non stop epic ,then just set off early and hit a cafe when you get hungry.

I did 95miles with 6,000 ft of climbing yesterday, i used up four sachets of high 5 4:1, 1 nuun tab, 6 bottles of water, 3 eat natural bars and a banana...that for me was no where near enough fuel in. My "lunch" at nearly 6pm last night was just about inhaled and my "dinner" at 10pm also went down without hitting the sides and i'm starving today.

Malt loaf is great but tricky to eat when riding unless you stop so i've given up on it unless i'm riding solo/on a slow social ride. Eat well the night before too, not just at breakfast. Take some energy stuff with you just in case, or at least some money to get food from a cafe/shop.

Are you enjoying the road bike? Coming to the two day epic with me and TSY?

bananas very good and so is porridge. Saw someone eating these the other day:

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Also a good thing is say 1/2 to 2/3 bottle of made up energy drink before you ride to work straight away 🙂

Eat a filling breakfast(I have cereal,4 slices of toast & a banana)just before you go out to ride,also drink plenty of water before you start.After that I take a malt loaf cut into small squares & munch it as I go along,plus two bottles of water or energy drink,if you prefer it.Also take a Mars bar,that I eat on the last 10-15 mile,like a victory cigar if you like ..... 🙂

If its very warm plan on having to top your bottles up somewhere.....

Eat a filling breakfast just before you go out to ride

I'd probably eat it an hour before hand, rather than just before.

I dread to think what a mars bar would have looked like at the end of our ride 🙂

Hey! That's my default riding area! Gerrofffff!! 🙂 Might see you out, when are you doing it?

factor in a ride in Maccy Dees

When i rode with DGOAB and others on Sunday, this was my content:

Pre ride: porrdige and 750ml fresh orange juice

ride: 1 nature valley bar
1 bag of jelly babies
2 750ml bottles ( altho only drunk about half of each)

post ride( dinner etc) : 2 packets of sainsburys fresh chicken: 1 chinese flavour, 1 hot n spicy
1 milka bar daim
1 chocolate milkshake
2 pints of squash
2 750ml fresh orange juice
150g dairy milk

So not alot of food for the day in total but then i am a biking god 🙂

Good grief. Looking at the junk on some of these lists I am not surprised you see so many lardy MTBers.

They could be doing 200+ miles a week and not shifting the fat that comes with eating all that crap.

I particularly like 'avoid anything healthy' cos you just know the Tour is won by eating Haribo's and only drinking one bottle of water in a four hour ride.

If you can ride for four hours without eating much, then you are rambling on a bike, not riding. If you can ride for four hours without drinking then... I recommend aquaban.

you are surfmat and i claim my bag of 500 english pennies.

davidtaylforth - Member

Eat a filling breakfast just before you go out to ride

I'd probably eat it an hour before hand, rather than just before.

Well I wouldn't,first half an hour is a warm up & by then my food's nice & settled...

there is Banana soren at the coop now!

So not alot of food for the day in total but then i am a biking god

What have you eaten/used on other rides jamie?

Raspberry and Apple Torq bars.. nom nom.

You really need more than 2 bottles though in hot weather for that kind of time/distance. Much more. Do you own a camelbak? 🙂

jelly babies

a mix of different energy bars that you like plus a couple of gels. i have done plenty of 80-120 mile rides and there's nothing worse than having to eat the same thing from beginning to end.

pinch his [s]water that made me lose my teeth[/s] mixed berry water and survived on very little fluid, compared to my 6 bottles

and may i add i even stopped in at a farm to fill up your empty water bottle ( that you swapped for my sweet but tasty mixed berry bottle) so you had enough fluid to get home, although i didn't realise home was only about 3 miles away. Still, the thought that counts and all that!!

I used up 4 x750 bottle of energy drink on the Cornwall Tor 120Km yesterday as it was bloody hot. I had 3 bananas, 2 chewy bars and 2 gels on the ride if that helps - I also had 1 bottle of energy drink before hand and a tea cake fro breakfast (very early start) and some recovery drink after.

What have you eaten/used on other rides jamie?

Good question. Only been on about 4 road rides so far, so hard to answer. On Sunday did 30 miles, avg speed 17ish mph, after some porridge with no food and about 1/3 water left in a 500ml bottle. Fish finger sandwich after was nailed tho.

Like to keep it minimalist and as close to real food/fluid as I can really. I did buy some Morrisons sports drink today tho. It's citrus, which I think is faster than tropical.

Kinda like radoggair

1 x 750ml with tab, and extra tabs in case it get's super hot.
1 or 2 Elevenses bars.
I don't do that many 100 milers, but I don't bother with food on the more popular 100K rides so two elevenses is a feast.

Edit; forgot to ask. Can you manage malt loaf on the hoof? And I find Haribos clag up my mouth.
And breakfast about two hours before the 100 mile ride = 4/6 slices of jam on toast, any cereal, pint of tea and biscuits, and any bits and bobs laying around. That way I don't get any hunger feeling at all. That'll also see me through a 200K.

Jamie - they have these things called pubs, or Public Houses. They are denoted by a little 'PH' on any good Ordnance Survey (OS) map.

These 'Public Houses' are much like your own house except there are often other people (the public) in them, they have urinals in the toilets and you have to pay for food and drink.

You will normally find at least one in any decent sized village. If you're running low on energy roll into one and ask the person stood behind the counter with drinks behind it (the bar) for one of their finest ales and a meal of your choosing.

Your choice of food is often restricted by 'a menu'. This is a list of all the meals that they can provide you with and will generally show you the associated cost so that you can choose something that fits your budget.

I am more than happy to accompany you on a ride and talk you through this process in great detail. I suggest we stop at one at least every 20 miles so that by the end of the trip you are happy to enter a 'pub' on your own.

HTH

Still, the thought that counts and all that!!

@ Jamie, i'm the same on the real food/drink type front but for 100miles i feel so much better if i have some energy drink of some sorts (but i don't do gels/bars) and recovery is better too. I've done 120miles with just elevenses, mars bars etc, it wasn't good, and in hindsight in wonder why i didn't go for energy drinks sooner!

We'll be having black pudding and bacon baguettes for breakfast by the way. A man's breakfast fit for a lady.

Sammie-Louise x

I think what you need to take from this is everyones different! no too people will need the same amount of energy or liquid. I drink far more than any of my riding buddies, but I eat less.

I think what you need to take from this is everyones different! no too people will need the same amount of energy or liquid. I drink far more than any of my riding buddies, but I eat less.

Indeedy doody da. Actually I was trying to get that across in my post, in fact I only take out the bars so I don't get told off. Then again I am like an inverted camel.

Jamie - they have these things called pubs, or Public Houses. They are denoted by a little 'PH' on any good Ordnance Survey (OS) map.

These 'Public Houses' are much like your own house except there are often other people (the public) in them, they have urinals in the toilets and you have to pay for food and drink.

You will normally find at least one in any decent sized village. If you're running low on energy roll into one and ask the person stood behind the counter with drinks behind it (the bar) for one of their finest ales and a meal of your choosing.

Your choice of food is often restricted by 'a menu'. This is a list of all the meals that they can provide you with and will generally show you the associated cost so that you can choose something that fits your budget.

I am more than happy to accompany you on a ride and talk you through this process in great detail. I suggest we stop at one at least every 20 miles so that by the end of the trip you are happy to enter a 'pub' on your own.

HTH

Sorry if I am being a bit thick, but could you break that down some more. I just don't understand.

Also what does HTH mean?

Kind Regards

Jamie.

Indeedy doody da.

True. My problem is I usually just grind it out rather than making sure I refuel properly, usually feeling like crap afterwards as a result. This way at least I know what the rough amount I should use to stop me from doing this.

Cheers all for the replies tho.

...and Molgrips. Camelbak? Tsk! 😉

James,

I think I'll have to act as a guide on this one. All I ask is you buy me a ploughmans and a packet of pork scratchings.

Yours obligingly,

Yeti.

All I ask is you buy me a ploughmans and a packet of pork scratchings.

Bit greedy no?

...but probably can come to some arrangement.

Yours sincerely,

JameZ (LolzWtF?!11)

I particularly like 'avoid anything healthy' cos you just know the Tour is won by eating Haribo's and only drinking one bottle of water in a four hour ride.

If you can ride for four hours without eating much, then you are rambling on a bike, not riding. If you can ride for four hours without drinking then... I recommend aquaban.

There was a pot of tea involved too, and before we set off I had

bowl of porridge (so ~330ml of fluid)
Pint of squash
Protien shake (another ~330ml)
double espresso + milk (200ml)

So thats almost a litre and a half of fluid, then another litre and a half on the bike/tea stop. I also pointed out that those 4 hours were at an easy 16.5mph average, going harder/faster means more fluid.

I wouldn't eat harribo, gives me cramps during excercise (maybe its psycological, but put some harribo in a bottle of warm water and shake it to see what I imagine is going on in your stomach).

The pro's don't eat apples with the skins on, thats a fact, they have them peeled. And avoiding high fibre food during strenuous excercise is just common sense!