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How Far In Advance you should drink coffee to Improve endurance, per a study published in, 'International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism'.
So to cut a long article shorter, "Drinking three to seven milligrams of caffeine from coffee per Kilo of body weight (For a 140 pound woman, that's roughly a large coffee) Could boost by nearly 25% how far, hard, long you go while running or cycling..

I new It, I've done this for years now, I always liked starting a ride buzzed :P

(This is most likely why my 57 year old self can often run down 30 somethings In the Single tracks ya think ?)

Cliff Shot Chocolate Cherry gel with 100mg caffeine before/during a ride and during marathons. Within 10 minutes POW---ZOOM!!!!

Wow!

Interesting. I don't drink coffee but tried some of these a few weeks ago but didn't notice any "energy" boost. :o
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Because it ONLY HAS 25mg caffeine! oops 35mg

Just to cover all the bases I suggest sipping coffee continually during the day.

I usually ride after 2-3 cups of coffee and cereal with yogurt and a banana. Good cycling fuel.

Two Excedrin tablets contain 130mg of caffeine. I shoot a couple of those for morning rides. Helps with aches and pains, too.

We share this commonality.

Value: 200mg for $.05 = JetAlert (20 minutes before IMO)

Why would anyone, ever, try to do anything without having a coffee first?

I drink lots of coffee, so am pretty inured. 200mg is helpful for me. Cheap generic No-Doz tablets are good. I find little to no time lag between consumption and effect.

Another long time coffee drinker here. I'll grind fresh for every serving and a home DeLonghi espresso machine provides the right concentration. If the ride is 3 hours or less, I'll prepare a bowl of fresh berries and a banana. If its a longer ride, the banana goes into a peanut butter sandwich.

Proper answer. :thumb:

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I only take gel if running a marathon. My pre-workout intake is based on what I'm doing. For biking, just water, coffee and toast.

Hahahaha Loved these responses, :)

After I work in the yard on hot summer days a hot cup of java cools me right down~

Starbucks VIA works fine in cold water. Just sayin' . . .

One time and one time only I took Aleve before a ride so I could better cope with the pain locker that I planed to put myself In..

It Helped,
Will not do that again, I swear :P

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Making coffee and going to bed are the only two things I do that don't involve a cup of coffee first.

On our regular rides through the coast range, my wife and I take a break at the second to last hilltop to drink a Mountain Dew and eat a bar. This seems to help us fly along the horrid nine-mile road that enters our city from the suburbs where speed is important for safety. Since the caffeine content is well below the OP's recommendation, I guess it's the sugar that gives us that boost, not that the fifteen minute break hurts us any either.

'Cause I never developed a taste for it. So Excedrin it is.

I go through a ton of coffee, and for the most part I'll put the empty cup down and then go get on the bike. The one exception is a long organized/charity ride. I generally skip the first pit stops, and a couple of cups of coffee are gong to make me stop. So I take drink a Stacker 2 about 2 hours before, and then one about half an hour before I start.

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