Originally Posted by
rutan74
Secondly, learn to eat and drink. Now is the time to figure out what you are going to drink and what snacks you are going to eat on your ride between rest stops. Experiment NOW, not 1 week before the ride.
This is important! I know someone who planned to use an energy drink for his first organized century. Event Day was a bad time to learn that the energy drink he chose gave him the runs.