Originally Posted by
kenji666
How much riding were you doing per week before this ride?
That's the basic question. And your belief that sugar will help is unfounded. The "moral of the story" is that GatorAid is crap for your purposes, as is sugar. For hydration, you need something like Amino Vital, or one of the Hammer Nutrition products.
Ride more if you want to be able to ride more, lose weight, and do some research on nutrition.