Originally Posted by
MoAlpha
That's not the food, it's the sympathetic nervous system diverting blood flow to the muscles and away from the gut and decreasing gut motility, resulting in a shutdown of digestion. It gets much worse in the heat.
Thanks for the clarification. Whatever it's called, it is quite unpleasant. Only a candy bar or cookie for me. Maybe a brownie, but that's all. The "real" food can wait until the end of the ride.
I often see others gorging in the middle of a ride with sandwiches or burritos. I don't know how they manage.