My wife and I plan a 26 miler on Saturday - 13 miles to the brewery, 13 miles back. With rest in between. But it is an easy spin for me, since she is just getting to start to work on her fitness on the bike. I usually do a low carb diet (weight loss and amazing blood fat results), but will carb up the day before. I have gone to trying to take about a 100 cal hit every 45 minutes or so after the first hour, with a good bit of water, and will have a bigger "meal" after about 3-4 hours.

It has been interesting how hard it has been for me to make myself eat during the ride, but I know it is really important on this one to keep from bonking before I get to the end.