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hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
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- Kirton, Devon.
Woahhh, woahhh, steady the Buffs here guys ....Theres a lot of conclusion jumping based on little info!
Wonder wheels, it sounds like you're getting 'the munchies', as lejogger stated this happens when you're out of glycogen stores, that's a normal reaction, you're body telling you that you need carbs and quick cos you're running on empty.
What's important here is that we don't know are the circumstances under which you get the munchies? Can you explain?
For example: if I went out first thing, no brekkie and rode 30ish miles on water alone I'd most definately have serious shakin' munchies.
However on a good brekkie I'd do 40 miles quite happily without trying to eat the whole cake shop at the end!
Fuelling is an important discipline, the general advice is 'eat before you're hungry, drink before your thirsty'. You need to find the best way for you to balance energy input and output.
Complex carbs are good, but nibbling on jelly babies is also good too as you ride along. Energy drinks are good and Coke is fine, it's what many teams use in training - flat coke. I like real food and 80 miles into a quicker than usual 100 miler I was hallucinating pork-pies so badly I stopped and bought 2 packs! Gels for me are for emergency use only.
If however you're eating well and still getting frequent low-sugar crashes, that's unusual, so maybe a discussion with your Doc is in order.
Wonder wheels, it sounds like you're getting 'the munchies', as lejogger stated this happens when you're out of glycogen stores, that's a normal reaction, you're body telling you that you need carbs and quick cos you're running on empty.
What's important here is that we don't know are the circumstances under which you get the munchies? Can you explain?
For example: if I went out first thing, no brekkie and rode 30ish miles on water alone I'd most definately have serious shakin' munchies.
However on a good brekkie I'd do 40 miles quite happily without trying to eat the whole cake shop at the end!
Fuelling is an important discipline, the general advice is 'eat before you're hungry, drink before your thirsty'. You need to find the best way for you to balance energy input and output.
Complex carbs are good, but nibbling on jelly babies is also good too as you ride along. Energy drinks are good and Coke is fine, it's what many teams use in training - flat coke. I like real food and 80 miles into a quicker than usual 100 miler I was hallucinating pork-pies so badly I stopped and bought 2 packs! Gels for me are for emergency use only.
If however you're eating well and still getting frequent low-sugar crashes, that's unusual, so maybe a discussion with your Doc is in order.
