Originally Posted by
Barrettscv
3) Do I have a good plan concerning hydration and nutrition? You should eat & drink enough every hour. You will need to know what easy-to-carry foods & drinks will keep you strong for the duration of the event. These supplies can be supplemented at SAG stations or convenience stores.
Michael
For rides of 200k (125mi) and up, my nutritional plan is "shovel in whatever crap I can turn into energy". It's amazing what kind of stuff you (maybe not you, but me and some of my friends) end up eating on long rides. Yes, there's the usual bananas, Clif Bars, gels. Then you start getting the slightly odd for an exercise food: Tater chips, beef jerky, salami sandwich. And finally the outright "how the hell do you eat that and still ride?": Microwave bean/cheese burritos from 7-11. Chocolate Ensure and Starbucks Doubleshot mixed together in a waterbottle. McD's sausage/egg/cheese muffin and hash browns. Accelerade and 5-Hour Energy.
Slow and steady pace, and keep stoking the furnace.