Originally Posted by
coasting
Do you do this and if so what do you do? Just eat a ton of pasta the night before?
I was thinking about this because I always get the eating totally wrong on long rides. i will always hit a rough patch around 80 mile and take a while to get back into shape after drinking some coke. the reason is I forget to eat because I don't like eating on the move so i don't keep to an eating schedule rather eat when I get a chance at a stop. If I stuff pasta down me the night before, will this solve the problem?
Hmm, I can't eat heavy foods in the morning. I usually show down like 6 small donuts or cookies or something. I find that simple carbs are easier to digest.
That aside, if you're doing a century, you will bonk at ~70 miles in without nutrition. Glycogen supply is about 3000 calories, this should give you 50-80 miles (or so), but I'd be surprised if anyone could do 100 without any sort of calorie intake, without bonking.