The bike ride today was the last century ride that I will do. The ride today was as much about narrowing down race day details as it was a workout. I felt good, but didn't push myself extremely hard. A couple of thoughts on food/drink and equipment.
Equipment.
I am set up so I can bike in the aero position. It is all about aerodynamics. I used to think weight mattered the most, but that is secondary to a good aerodynamic riding position. I got fitted at Speedy Reedy for a set of aerobars on my Felt F3C road bike. Today I tested the Aero Drink Bottle for the first time shown at left. It makes it so you don’t have to leave the aero position to get a drink. It worked pretty well and I will use it for the race, but there is some splashing and I was sticky at the end of the day. It was the newer model, which is a big improvement over older models.
Food/Drink
I ate the following today:
Gu Chomps (Strawberry)
Gu gel (Vanilla Bean)
Cytomax in my water
Kashi breakfast bar
Pizza (Picadilly Circus from the gas station)
The Kashi breakfast bar takes too much energy to eat so I won’t be using it. I like the Gu Chomps and Gu gel. They are easy to digest and taste good. But at a certain point my body yearns for something else. The pizza worked well, but which kind do I use for race day (Digiorno?, do they sell that in Canada?). The only things that sounded good during the 2nd half of the ride were pizza, potatoes sprinkled with salt, and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Cytomax works well for me as a carbohydrate drink, but I don’t know how to mix that with water while I am racing yet.
In the 3 minute break at a gas station a spider managed to start a web from my aero bottle to the handle bars. I didn’t notice him until later in the ride. I respect his will to hang on, but had to let him go.
Equipment.
I am set up so I can bike in the aero position. It is all about aerodynamics. I used to think weight mattered the most, but that is secondary to a good aerodynamic riding position. I got fitted at Speedy Reedy for a set of aerobars on my Felt F3C road bike. Today I tested the Aero Drink Bottle for the first time shown at left. It makes it so you don’t have to leave the aero position to get a drink. It worked pretty well and I will use it for the race, but there is some splashing and I was sticky at the end of the day. It was the newer model, which is a big improvement over older models.
Food/Drink
I ate the following today:
Gu Chomps (Strawberry)
Gu gel (Vanilla Bean)
Cytomax in my water
Kashi breakfast bar
Pizza (Picadilly Circus from the gas station)
The Kashi breakfast bar takes too much energy to eat so I won’t be using it. I like the Gu Chomps and Gu gel. They are easy to digest and taste good. But at a certain point my body yearns for something else. The pizza worked well, but which kind do I use for race day (Digiorno?, do they sell that in Canada?). The only things that sounded good during the 2nd half of the ride were pizza, potatoes sprinkled with salt, and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Cytomax works well for me as a carbohydrate drink, but I don’t know how to mix that with water while I am racing yet.
In the 3 minute break at a gas station a spider managed to start a web from my aero bottle to the handle bars. I didn’t notice him until later in the ride. I respect his will to hang on, but had to let him go.
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