Originally Posted by
Heathpack
Ok, first I do not appreciate this BF disloyalty over the grapefruit contest. Plus I issue a protest because the grapefruit in the bottom of the box are way bigger than the grapefruit on the top of the box. They are deceptively packaged.
Second, an actually serious question. The coach thinks I do not eat & drink enough on long rides. Tomorrow he said to set a timer and every 15 minutes eat 2 Cliff Bloks. Plus drink 1 bottle water with Skratch every hour. So I'm looking up how to set the alarm to go off on the Garmin & I see I can choose for it to go off every X number of minutes OR after every Y number of calories. Should I pick the calories, since I have the power meter which is pretty accurate for calories? Or just literally do what he said to do, the every 15 minute thing?
Cliff Bloks are my favorite and I like the black cherry with caffeine. I put one package under thigh bike short leg with it open at one end. I each about about 8 pieces per hour while riding but I am not OCD about it. I shoot for about a large water bottle per hour of riding.
Yes, the power meter is accurate for calories i.e. kj = calories burned based upon a human efficiency of 25%. I would do both set a timer and monitor calories.
IMO, that is just the type of advice an athlete who is focused on long distance endurance events should get from a coach.
BTW, running the engine out of or low on water is not good. Power production is all about oxygen transport and body cooling and dehydration causes loss of blood volume which may effect both.