Originally Posted by JugglerDave
I ate my breakfast 1 hr before riding.
I did not have any gatorade but I had plenty of water throughout the ride.
I ate 1 clif bar (250 calories) at mile 21, and the 2nd clif bar at 32 miles. I've heard that you should consume 300 calories per hour, so did I not have enough calories or enough protein? Those bars are 11g protein per bar.
the protien isn't going to help much..you need carbs when riding. and the only way you will be sure if you can make it is to try it, but have a bail out option. Meaning that, you can probably get the course map and preride the course. Have an SO/friend give sag support and take a day and try. Baring that...do your normal course and then just add on to get total disired milage.
You'll never know how far you can go until you push yourself. you have a couple of more good weekends to push yourself. Keep at it...