Originally Posted by
NomarsGirl
I don't like the heat and have figured out that early is the only time of day tolerable for me to be outside. What do you morning people eat before a ride? I have been having food issues (I don't eat enough) and need ideas for how to fuel my body so I can get out and ride. I'm not trying to lose weight so not concerned about calories or fat.
Just how early is "EARLY MORNING?"
After 90 minutes (or less) of a quick nap I will head out 10pm, 11pm, 12:01am, 1am -- basically whenever -- on nothing eaten because of dinner 5 hours earlier or after midnight I might have 1/2 banana with almond and peanut butter, maybe coffee, Medjool dates with pb, slice of N.Y. Style Cheesecake, M&M's all depends on distance (at least 50 miles) and effort I plan on riding. When weather was cool and feeling OK (before my Prostate Cancer dx in 2015) I would begin a Midnight Madness Over-nighter 100 miler having 1 OR no stops with a gel before leaving and then my stores as I rode. For my 70th Birthday Ride of 141 miles that I began around 9:45pm on July10, dinner was only 4 hours earlier so no eats but within 20 miles I had a banana and gel then ate, drank, had 2 stops with kit change and eats.