Eating while in the tour
I was wondering how the riders in the Tour de France get all that energy.
Was browsing the web and found this: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...e=stein/090701 Pretty amazing how they eat so much. |
Grand Tours: Pretty much the only place on the planet you can eat over 6k calories per day for three straight weeks and still lose weight.
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I read that pushing that amount of food through your body day after day ain't good for your health.
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Pretty good article by Michael Barry: http://www.thestar.com/sports/tourde...in-his-stomach
and one about Dave Z going vegan: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...184873028.html |
Originally Posted by Dubbayoo
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Originally Posted by fishymamba
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Pretty amazing how they eat so much. |
I did AIDS Lifecycle in 2008, 585 miles over 7 days. I was pretty much eating or drinking every minute I wasn't on the bike because I was paranoid of bonking. I think I gained weight. :)
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Originally Posted by Shadco
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Odd I was under the impression AS was eating a steady diet of
http://birdspictures.net/crow-sitting.jpg |
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