i want to ride 600km none stop on my bicycle.What kind of food should I eat and when?

Answer 1

Load up on carbs (pasta etc) for about a week before.

During the ride try to eat easily digested food (hi gi). Just about anything will do just grind it up.(mmm mash). Energy bars lollies etc every hour. Drink plenty of water. Have some energy drink in a separate bottle (Gatorade or similar) or mix it about quarter strength in your water.

I would suggest that you stop for meals it is much easier to shovel the food in. It is a good opportunity to restock water and means you need to carry less. A short break also gives you a recharge you will feel a lot better. After about ten hours the road kill starts looking enticing.

If you are supported and don't want to stop get them to pass food more often. make sure it is easily handled.

After the ride a bit of protein helps the muscles recover

Answer 2

Michael Shermer originator of the race across america said whenever he was super down and bonked out, he had a chocolate milkshake...try to get those on the road if you can...also, 100 mile mtn bike racers eat spam out of the can for the protein and salt. Beer also will help you out tremendously. Do all that, drink water, eat rice pudding, and just plain old very cooked pasta with nothing on it...eat bacon double cheesburgers.

That's 373 miles or roughly 24 hrs non-stop.
I did 350 in 41 hours over 2 days....220 on the 2nd day
I ate filet mignon and basghetti and chocolate milk and power bars and gatorade,...after 145 miles i drank a 40 oz of beer and smoked a joint, and I was a fresh as a daisy, and knocked out another 75 for fun....ahh....the good old days.

BTW...if you have to ask, it may not be for you

Answer 3

Ultra-endurance events or races take training. So during training experiment with different foods to see what your stomach can digest then use them. Also riding that far will require a tough posterior so get in at least one long ride of half that length.
I use Accelerade mixed at 50 percent. I eat bananna's and baked potatoe's dipped in salt (potasium and carb's) after about 12-15 hours I have to change to different types of food for some reason repetitive food starts to taste nasty. So experiment before the ride. Good Luck

Answer 4

I pretty much disagree with the chocolate and the powerbar advice, but who knows? Personally, I think the exertion might make my stomach too nervous for chocolate, and powerbars are too chewy to deal with - but I think powerbar has a commercially available jelly form in a pack. It takes like garbage, but it made me feel good when I tried it on a long ride.

You're planning to eat while riding, right?

I think you should use easily digested jellied food in a packet during your ride. I'm talking about the prepackaged exercise food that has about as much protein and energy as a rice ball.

Another idea is just eat people food... I've never tried this myself, but what about thin rolled sandwiches that you can store and eat while riding (no mayonnaise or other stuff that'll get messy or go bad if it sits too long).

Answer 5

I`m so glad i have an opportunity to answer this question;

First, what to eat? during the ride you are deffinitely going to need a lot of carbonhydrates, so having a buch of chocolate bars for eating while on saddle - is a must. You are going to spend a lot of energy and you need to replenish it non-stop. But chocolate bars tend to melt :) so you can substitute them with power bars or bananas.

Appart from this you are going to need 3 full meals a day, with a nice big lunch! It`s ABSOLUTELY OK to eat "unhealthy" foods that contain fat (mayonaise, fried meat) on such long rides. This is because whille you`re on the bike you are constanly burning energy and fat contains a LOT of calories. Pasta is ok, but the thing is that it makes you feel full quickly,but after an hour or two you`ll get hungry and have to stop and eat again.

Now the most important thing - what to drink? depending on temperature and effort you can lose up to a kilo or two in between rides, just from water so you have to drink continuously during the ride and during short stops and during long rests, to avoid dehydration. BUT after the first 80 -100 km water makes me sick and feels bad to my stomack, so you have to drink other stuff too, preferably sports drink like getorade that contain two very important things: MINERALS and ELECTROLYTES which get wasted as you ride so your body cant effectively absorb food and water. And ofcourse, again it`s better to drink little by little during the whole ride even if you aren`t thirsty then to swallow 1/2 a littre evrery hour.
Also take vitamine pills or the ones that dissolve in water. It`s easyer than carryng heavy fruits along the way. Buy fruits when you make long restsand eat them before the main meal.

that`s all i can think of right now, i`m a great enthusiast for such long rides that take a few days, so i`ll just say this for the end: foods and drinking are essential for your body but remember, your body rides the bike, but your mind drives your body! you have to keep your motivation high during this type of rides or you`ll get exhausted and quit before you know it.

hope this advice helps out, and you have a lot of fun...

Answer 6

have so much water trust me, and dont bother ur leg by pedaling hard at start but I dont see any thing more important than water and for food eat pasta

Answer 7

youll probably need to eat whatever you want and whenever youre hungry. seriously, its about eating something that your body needs at that time, and each person is different.

you'll definitely need carbos, protein, sugars and probably something salty. start with that short list and work with what youre craving.