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WHEN and WHAT do you guys eat before race or hard ride?
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Before racing I usually have a fragile belly because of the nerves. So I don't think I could consume a 12" sub.
I go with a yogurt, pastry, coffee, and water. and tums.
I go with a yogurt, pastry, coffee, and water. and tums.
Sometimes I'll have a Matcha tea to get me going.
Lots of water.
PB+J on a toasted bagel with a glass of chocolate carnation intant breakfast.
Lots of water.
PB+J on a toasted bagel with a glass of chocolate carnation intant breakfast.
bacon egg & cheese on a bagel, large coffee. wash it down with a monster, down some gu right before hand and you're ready to go! 
I perfer to eat babies before I race.dante said:bacon egg & cheese on a bagel, large coffee. wash it down with a monster, down some gu right before hand and you're ready to go!
nights before long rides, I load up on more complex carbs and get hydrated. Its always good to get carbs into the system before you start feeling hungry tired. gotta replace glycogen.
I usually eat pretty light before a race run. Typically, I'll eat a bagel and a banana or an apple in the morning. Right before my run, I drink a water bottle full of Cytomax and bottle of water...
I guess I've usually hittin pancakes or a plate of spaghetti before I race, but I always seem to do it too close to race time, and I only eat that because it sounds good. My VERY first DH race was in Crested Butte, CO, we drove 16 hours one way to get there and we were so broke all we could afford was our campsite and one bag of bacon...to last 4 days! THAT was fun... actually, it kinda was!
that would make me puke. maybe not as much as a big bowl of curry, but still pretty bad. pancakes are wayyyy to heavy to me before racing.THRILLSEEKA said:
2-3 hours before a ride, I just have some toast, eggs and some juice.
post ride, beer, steakfries and some burgers.
post ride, beer, steakfries and some burgers.
Baked potatoes, with sausage and lots of cheese and butter. Lots and lots of butter .
It can hold me through most of the day of very hard riding.
.It can hold me through most of the day of very hard riding.
Bicyclist said:Mmmm, I always have Sun Chips when I eat at Subway. A fat turkey sandwich and Sun Chips and H20.
The cheddar ones are like crack. It starts with one small bag at Togos, and then the next thing you know, youre at the supermarket buying a huge bag of them
omlettes with ham, cheese, and whatever else is in the kitchen. Topped off with and english muffin with peanut butter (extra crunchy please) and washed down with plenty of O.J. mmmmmmm... ... .
Fig Newtons during the ride, with gatorade.
Fig Newtons during the ride, with gatorade.
I must try these sun chips. Sounds like a better addiction than my current one, and no needles too!blt2ride said:
Yes, Sun Chips and redbull. HOWEVER... for a typical, spur of the moment "let's go kill it for a few hours" type ride, NOTHING beats Taco Johns. 3 hardshells with hotsauce and sour cream and a medium Mtn Dew.... Oh buddy....! I could burb that up all day long and never mind a bit!
Damn junkies...noname said:
I like to eat Tacos WHILE getting tattoos...atleast that's MY needled addiction!
Needles are cheap and you can find used ones behind Zedros house.noname said:
Pancakes and bacon for me the morning of. Spaghetti the night before.
For long ride days I fill the hydration pack with I one Red Bull, one large Gatorade, ice, and water. Powerbars and trailmix during the ride. I ride all day. I hate it when people have to stop for water and food. I want to ride.
Hey kanter: I just finished off my new quickie bike/bed rack. This is what I said SHOULD easily work for you. My Demo 8 didn't fit where my little Yeti did, so I had to revamp. Didn't want to dig that old thread up, so I'll just poach my own! I'm going to lose the wingnutand replace it with a valve spring and an adjusting nut instead, that way it's even quicker on the grab-and-go.
Yeah, it needs paint, i know! But I've been busy. The only thing that sucks about it is that I have to mount it with wingnuts and yank it out when I want the tonneau cover down(snow). Won't be much of an issue and atleast I CAN still remove it when I need to haul something. Fits four bikes, none touch each other, just turn the bars and you're set.
Yeah, it needs paint, i know! But I've been busy. The only thing that sucks about it is that I have to mount it with wingnuts and yank it out when I want the tonneau cover down(snow). Won't be much of an issue and atleast I CAN still remove it when I need to haul something. Fits four bikes, none touch each other, just turn the bars and you're set.
Yep! I thought it was kinda silly at first, but now... Hell yeah! Threw a front derailleur on it at the same time and the damn thing's a trail bike. A 48 pound trailbike, but a trailbike nontheless!
OK...back to our regularly scheduled program....
OK...back to our regularly scheduled program....
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maybe some salad, lots of water and energy bars and drinks. I tend to eat light becuase of nerves and it makes me sick to race if my belly is full. I try and eat a good carb loaded meal with some meat the night before....a couple of beers never hurt either
Beer before and after. Just look Me up pre race at platty. Long live LaBatts Bleu
whatever is cheap at the local drive thru. and cytomax
Chorizo buritos and beer! sometimes a shot of tequila if the ride is especially long. Think 50 miles on a FLY with 2.6 gazzalodis, then the need for tequila becomes clear.
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I eat a little bit all day and usually during practice I eat **** hard once or twice! Ouch!
Seriously, I always try to eat a little something after a hard ride (or practice) to to (hopefully) help with recuperation.
Seriously, I always try to eat a little something after a hard ride (or practice) to to (hopefully) help with recuperation.
Something yall might consider trying is Vega, which is a powder (certified) meal replacement that you mix with water. There are a number of benefits to taking this approach: fully vegan, all organic, provides you with the complete spectrum of nurients you need, reduces nutitional stress, easily assimilated.
The part about nutritional stress is pretty interesting. When you put yourself under high intensity physical stress, you want to minimize the energy used to derive energy from your food. If you are processing solid foods, you are wasting energy. Gu type products are great for giving you a jolt, but they won't last. Since I assume many of you train, which involves sustained efforts (especially riding xc and road), you need more than gus can provide. If you take stress off your whole system by taking one meal a day that is in liquid form, you free up resources to recover from training sessions, crashes, other stresses etc.
Vega can be found at good health food stores. You can give it a try first by picking up an individual serving size pouch. you will probably find it expensive, but I can assure you, it is more economical than making your own batch (I have done the math). The original flavour is not exactly tasty, but the chocolate and berry are pretty good...you get used to it.
One final note. Vega was designed over a number of years by Brendan Brazier, a professional triathlete with a strong science background. If any of you are interested in learning more about nutrition I recommend his concise and inexpensive book, "Thrive". I learned a lot, and can say putting his insights into practice has allowed my to move up a notch in my performance. Nutrition really is vital to good performances, especially when you consider the ways in which what you eat can impact brain chemistry - which will translate into ability to process information, reaction time, focus...
The part about nutritional stress is pretty interesting. When you put yourself under high intensity physical stress, you want to minimize the energy used to derive energy from your food. If you are processing solid foods, you are wasting energy. Gu type products are great for giving you a jolt, but they won't last. Since I assume many of you train, which involves sustained efforts (especially riding xc and road), you need more than gus can provide. If you take stress off your whole system by taking one meal a day that is in liquid form, you free up resources to recover from training sessions, crashes, other stresses etc.
Vega can be found at good health food stores. You can give it a try first by picking up an individual serving size pouch. you will probably find it expensive, but I can assure you, it is more economical than making your own batch (I have done the math). The original flavour is not exactly tasty, but the chocolate and berry are pretty good...you get used to it.
One final note. Vega was designed over a number of years by Brendan Brazier, a professional triathlete with a strong science background. If any of you are interested in learning more about nutrition I recommend his concise and inexpensive book, "Thrive". I learned a lot, and can say putting his insights into practice has allowed my to move up a notch in my performance. Nutrition really is vital to good performances, especially when you consider the ways in which what you eat can impact brain chemistry - which will translate into ability to process information, reaction time, focus...
Oh yeah, take Vega about an hour or so beforehand. And also, consider the amount of money and care you invest in your racing and riding, then consider the care you invest in your nutrition. Seems logical to try to equalize these aspects of your experience.
as you start to do longer rides eating proper food for fueling and recovery becomes more important. it also becomes more important if you're not someone who inherited genes that enable top cardio and muscular performance by eating junk food, and it becomes more important as you get older too. I'm 45 and while I'm in the best fitness and mileage shape of my life, I also recover slower and have lousier riding experiences if I'm not fueled well before, during and after a ride.
I don't race any more but I do long rides often. my usual ride during riding season is a minimum 2.5 hrs, on weekends they're usually 4-6 hrs.
for longer rides or harder efforts on shorter rides, I tend to eat lots of pasta the night before, eat cereal and some sort of bread along with yerba mate and some espresso the morning of the ride, and be really well hydrated at least 1.5 days before.
during the ride it helps to have salty fatty sugary snacks. I like cashews and various Clif bars along with some trail mixes. for short energy bursts I use brown rice syrup, much cheaper than power gels, same basic fuel. a true sang-weesh (as my brother calls them) made of PB&J is good to have on the long rides, as are figs, bananas, fig newtons. Vitamin I (ibuprofen) in ready supply is wise too.
for bonk scares the brown rice syrup, figs, bananas are crucial.
I've tried spirulina capsules when I've bonked and they have made me feel spunkier. don't know if that is a placebo effect or not, but I'm not the only person who seems to get this from spirulina. those also might be worth taking along for anti-bonk. you can get spirulina capsules at most health food sorts of stores.
after the ride the salts are pretty important. hydrate too of course, and you can hydrate with beer as long as you remember beer's a diuretic. (?!)
I don't race any more but I do long rides often. my usual ride during riding season is a minimum 2.5 hrs, on weekends they're usually 4-6 hrs.
for longer rides or harder efforts on shorter rides, I tend to eat lots of pasta the night before, eat cereal and some sort of bread along with yerba mate and some espresso the morning of the ride, and be really well hydrated at least 1.5 days before.
during the ride it helps to have salty fatty sugary snacks. I like cashews and various Clif bars along with some trail mixes. for short energy bursts I use brown rice syrup, much cheaper than power gels, same basic fuel. a true sang-weesh (as my brother calls them) made of PB&J is good to have on the long rides, as are figs, bananas, fig newtons. Vitamin I (ibuprofen) in ready supply is wise too.
for bonk scares the brown rice syrup, figs, bananas are crucial.
I've tried spirulina capsules when I've bonked and they have made me feel spunkier. don't know if that is a placebo effect or not, but I'm not the only person who seems to get this from spirulina. those also might be worth taking along for anti-bonk. you can get spirulina capsules at most health food sorts of stores.
after the ride the salts are pretty important. hydrate too of course, and you can hydrate with beer as long as you remember beer's a diuretic. (?!)
Before every ride Sam Hill eats 16 Holstein cows, an industrial drum filled with 500 raw eggs, a copy of Barbara Streisands Greatest Hits, an Olive Loaf, a Volkswagen bus, and a rejected contestant from American Idol.
Good stuff in here. I'm only trusting that some of you are talking out of your asses, but hey! What have I got to lose???! Keep em comin...
