Originally Posted by
fuzzthebee
Third way: L3 training increases muscle glycogen storage.
http://www.cyclingpeakssoftware.com/power411/levels.asp
Last fall I did a 5.25 hour, 4650 kJ ride on 3 Cliff bars, one bottle of Gatorade and one bottle of water. I do quite a bit of L3/SST.
It turns out that for the last 6 months, 48% of my ride time is L3, 21% is L4, 13.8% is L2, 13.2% is L1.
A big plus one to more SST and more eating.
A yearish ago a 1500kJ ride on a cup of coffee would leave me shaking, nauseous and generally f**ked up. Now I can comfortably hit 2000kJ with the same fueling.
The difference is now the vast majority of my riding is L3/L4 SST stuff. For food, if I intend to go over 1500ish kJ I eat a good breakfast. 300+ calories of oatmeal, 600+ if I'm doing 3 or more hours, a piece of fruit and coffee with milk.