Post by jasonw on Jul 21, 2008 16:28:24 GMT -5
Hello, everybody, I hope you're all having good rides out there, hopefully getting out before the sun comes up and roasts you on your bike, like some of us that can't quite make it up in the mornings... ahem.
Anyway, I have a question for all you guys and girls - after riding a Ring of Fire and the miles in and out of Sylva (right about 60 miles in all) yesterday, I felt extremely sick. Well, not sick like a stomach flu, but I had horrible bloating, gas, cramping, and, well, other stomach issues that didn't go away for several hours even after the ride. It made the second half of the ride pretty miserable, as I couldn't concentrate on climbing Ellijay, I could only think about how much my stomach (and legs, of course) hurt, how hugely bloated it felt.
The ride time for me came in at about 4:30, and I ate one solid item per hour (roughly) in an attempt to keep up with myself. Since it may be important, I ate a Kashi bar (one of the little tasty things), a Kashi energy bar, a Clif Bar, and a Kashi Go! choco-peanut energy snack thing. (I can get Calorie counts when I get home, if it helps.) I ate a bowl of GoLean crunch and a banana for breakfast about 45 minutes before the ride. Also, I swear I don't work for Kashi, that's just the way things worked out.
Here's my dilemma: I have blood sugar problems, and if I don't eat, I will get very sick, possibly pass out, at the very least succumb to extreme muscle cramps that will take me out of a ride and possibly send me to the hospital. I can't get by on gels alone - I can supplement solids with them, but if I depend on them for anything substantially over 1.5 hours of riding, my stomach will cramp from emptiness. I pretty much have to ignore the 3 hour pre-ride rule, because unless I completely gorge myself at a buffet, 3 hours later is time to eat again, if not sooner. I'm checking out this PDF recommended by Josh - I'll peruse it more thoroughly later (www.hammernutrition.com/downloads/fuelinghandbook.pdf).
Does anyone have any recommendations on ways to keep your stomach satisfied without eating way too much?
Thanks a lot,
Jason
Anyway, I have a question for all you guys and girls - after riding a Ring of Fire and the miles in and out of Sylva (right about 60 miles in all) yesterday, I felt extremely sick. Well, not sick like a stomach flu, but I had horrible bloating, gas, cramping, and, well, other stomach issues that didn't go away for several hours even after the ride. It made the second half of the ride pretty miserable, as I couldn't concentrate on climbing Ellijay, I could only think about how much my stomach (and legs, of course) hurt, how hugely bloated it felt.
The ride time for me came in at about 4:30, and I ate one solid item per hour (roughly) in an attempt to keep up with myself. Since it may be important, I ate a Kashi bar (one of the little tasty things), a Kashi energy bar, a Clif Bar, and a Kashi Go! choco-peanut energy snack thing. (I can get Calorie counts when I get home, if it helps.) I ate a bowl of GoLean crunch and a banana for breakfast about 45 minutes before the ride. Also, I swear I don't work for Kashi, that's just the way things worked out.
Here's my dilemma: I have blood sugar problems, and if I don't eat, I will get very sick, possibly pass out, at the very least succumb to extreme muscle cramps that will take me out of a ride and possibly send me to the hospital. I can't get by on gels alone - I can supplement solids with them, but if I depend on them for anything substantially over 1.5 hours of riding, my stomach will cramp from emptiness. I pretty much have to ignore the 3 hour pre-ride rule, because unless I completely gorge myself at a buffet, 3 hours later is time to eat again, if not sooner. I'm checking out this PDF recommended by Josh - I'll peruse it more thoroughly later (www.hammernutrition.com/downloads/fuelinghandbook.pdf).
Does anyone have any recommendations on ways to keep your stomach satisfied without eating way too much?
Thanks a lot,
Jason