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>Craig, > >What you say seems surprising though without more >info. it's a bit hard to judge. How long does your >40-50 mile ride take you? How hard are you riding? The >energy requirements for a steady 40-50 miles compared >to 'blasting it', intervals etc. will be quite >different! Are you eating adequately before you go >out: ideally a fairly carb-dense meal up to 3hrs b4 >(muesli in the mornings, pasta in the >afternoons!)depending on how hard the ride is going to >be? I would have thought sufficient pre-ride nutrition >along with what you currently take on board ought to >be sufficient for 40-50 miles, though if there were >any mountains involved things might be different. But >I don't recall their being any around Rugby last time >I was there! > >For longer rides you might want to use energy drinks >in addition to the gels etc. Dried fruit also works >well, as do banana's, jelly babies, kendal mint cake >etc. But if you are going to be on the bike for a long >time you will really want to take something with >protein in it to stave off the hunger pangs. In which >case some small sandwiches might be appropriate e.g. >chicken and avocado, chicken and apple etc. but no >doorsteps! > >another thing you could do would be to borrow/rent a >power meter from someone (Bob Tobin springs to mind >for the latter!) and see from that a pretty precise >estimate of how many calories you burn on a given ride >and work backwards from there...

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