DIY in-ride food & drink

[Scilly Suffolk]

I'm in training for my first Sportive (the Suffolk Sunrise 100) and all's well so far.

However, as the length of my training routes increase I'll need to be eating & drinking on the go.

Being out of work, I can't afford to buy the "proper" stuff, so I'd be grateful for your advice on homemade fuel to take with me.

I see in another post that Ravenbait suggests 50:50 orange juice/water with a pinch of salt; and bananas are an obvious foodstuff.

As most of the bars seems to cereal based, what about flapjack made with oats, honey, raisins and chocolate?

I've read "one bottle & one bar an hour": does this seem about right? What does a bottle hold, 1 litre?

Thanks in advance of your time and trouble.

 

[lukesdad]

Try a Morrisons Dundee cake absolutely packed with fruit and almonds £1.60 dont go for the cheeper ones. Cut into slices and cling film as good as any energy bar and should keep yo going for 100 miles.

 

[lukesdad]

As for fluid as ive said before but dont mind repeating. Weigh your self before you ride then again after the difference is the ammount of liquid you should consume on the ride. e.g 1 kilo= 1 litre bottles are normally 500 or 750 ml.

 

[Scilly Suffolk]

Thanks (I do search before I post, honest).

Are you saying that literally one cake will sustain me for 100 miles, or just that it's the sort of food I should be chomping?

 

[accountantpete]

For liquids you can look at Maltodextrin, water and squash as a base and add other bits as you need. I just add a bit of caffeine.

A 5kg pouch is only about £15 posted at My Protein- it will last you a year!

http://www.myprotein.com/uk/products/maltodextrin

 

[Bayerd]

I'm in training for my first Sportive (the Suffolk Sunrise 100) and all's well so far.

However, as the length of my training routes increase I'll need to be eating & drinking on the go.

Being out of work, I can't afford to buy the "proper" stuff, so I'd be grateful for your advice on homemade fuel to take with me.

I see in another post that Ravenbait suggests 50:50 orange juice/water with a pinch of salt; and bananas are an obvious foodstuff.

As most of the bars seems to cereal based, what about flapjack made with oats, honey, raisins and chocolate?

I've read "one bottle & one bar an hour": does this seem about right? What does a bottle hold, 1 litre?

Thanks in advance of your time and trouble.

Those flapjacks sound fine to me, they certainly have the right ingredients for keeping you going. Banana and OJ/water + salt are also good. Something like wine gums/ jelly babies towards the end are also a good way of getting sugar in quickly if you need to. Also, a packet of nuts can get salt in quickly if you are feeling crampy.

 

[Scilly Suffolk]

Excellent, thanks all.

 

[The Sport Scientist]

All above suggestions are pretty much spot on for alternatives to the brand name 'proper stuff'.

If in any doubt, just read the back of drink bottles or energy bars and google the ingredients to see what else uses those products.

If you're doing a long distance / race then being hydrated is a priority and a good formula to ensure good hydration is within the 24 hours before make sure you consume 40ml of water per kg of body weight. Just a little tip that personally I think everyone should know but few do

 

[Scilly Suffolk]

Do you mean that should be drunk steadily over the course of the preceding 24 hours, or just chug the whole lot down at some point?

 

[The Sport Scientist]

Do you mean that should be drunk steadily over the course of the preceding 24 hours, or just chug the whole lot down at some point?

Yeah, sorry didn't explain that well, not all in one go as you'd probably drown!!!

 

[Scilly Suffolk]

No need to apologise, thanks.

 

[Scilly Suffolk]

Thanks for all your advice: Malt loaf, bananas and squash/water/salt have fuelled me on the Suffolk Sunrise and the Dunwich Dynamo with great success!

Thaks again!

 

[Norry1]

I find the BelVita breakfast biscuits are really good. If you buy packs of 20 (4 x 50 calorie biscuits in each pack) they work out at thirty odd pence a pack.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Belvita-Bre...LOYK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1313916646&sr=8-3

Martin

 

[cyberknight]

I like elevenses cake bars atm , around £2 for 6 .Moist and not to sweet if like me you get a bad stomach if you have to much sugary food .

 

[david1701]

50p a pack of 6 bars (indiv wrapped) bakin boys flapjacks, dam they're gooooood

on offer in Morrissons atm