Originally Posted by
Bearhawker
My last multi-day trip was around the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton. 3 days, 300km, ~4100m of climbing total (2000-ish meters on day 2)
My Wahoo Roam claims I burned north of 5000 calories a day. Likely so.
I rode each day' ~100km fasted. Only ate supper and couldn't get more than a can of spam down.. maybe a couple of hard boiled eggs the 1st night. Roughly 1000 calories a day and all the water I could drink.
North of 15,000 calories burned while fasting, little more than 3000 calories consumed over 3 long hard days. I gained 3 pounds body weight. lol
My preferred food for rides is pemmican - you cannot beat the energy for the weight. I ate spam on this ride purely as a convenience.
Water retention in endurance sports is a real thing