Originally Posted by
Sierra_rider
A couple of rides are hardly enough evidence to support a whole diet, there are way too many variables to draw conclusions from just 2 rides. Furthermore, if we just want to look at fast rides, I'd guess that the overwhelming majority of riders were fueled by carbs. If I look at best results on long gravel races or marathon XC events, there is no way I could've replicated those efforts on walnuts.
As far as the protein intake and supplementation, it really depends on your activity levels. With a low enough training load, you're probably fine with the .8-1.1g/kg of body mass or whatever's recommended nowadays for the average adult. In my case, I'm doing 15+ hour training weeks, 1-2 gym sessions, 1-2 intensity/interval rides a week, etc...I just wouldn't be able to recover this on 70ish grams of protein a day.
In actuality, zero number of rides are needed to support the diet, as it is supported by human physiology and metabolism. But what the diet does is make the rides easier to manage, fueling logistics are trivial. You can see more activities in my profile:
https://ridewithgps.com/users/7153554 (I always thought that anybody could access all of them, but it doesn't seem to be the case I think :/ the recent ones are largely representative though.)
Wow, I think 70 grams per day would be pretty low for anybody, I meant I can eat a couple of extra eggs and/or a can of sardines to supplement a little bit (if that is where that number is coming from). I hit 100 grams minimum, and it can scale up to 170 grams.