30 minutes into my 90 minute ride today, I realized I needed to eat something. So I did. Because, you know, life experiences and all.
Good thing I didn't use some pre-determined plan or algorithm lest it would have told me I didn't need to eat anything since it was only a 90 minute ride. Damn, self-awareness is the bee's knees (said fully aware that this is a pointless, potentially inflammatory post.
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This forum is hilarious. In one thread there's a guy touting the benefits of riding fasted on nearly every response he makes. On this thread it's... well, hell if I know anymore. Something about maybe carb-loading, maybe not, maybe 60-90 grams of carbs an hour, maybe not, maybe an enlightened OP, maybe not.
All in good fun. Unless you bonk. Then it's no fun at all. So take a cliff bar or a poptart just in case. And don't quote random blogs as definitive sources of anything.