Bonk Goes the Weasel

Underdressed? This is a different acc we’re talking about here right? :p Glad you’ve survived all of your self destructive tendencies Ann. The forum would lose it’s luster without you, not to mention it’s rhinestones.

Sorry, acc, to hear about your New Year’s Curse. Have you tried any of the recipes in the Feed Zone cookbook? I was thinking of making a batch of the famous rice cakes this weekend for my son for his swim meet (and for me the following week, when I burn up five use-or-lose days and get going in earnest for the glory of FourCuatroPho). If you want, I can drop some off for you.

Hope your hip is feeling better.

Liz

Hunger bonking is BAD. I’ll do things during it like ride past places where I COULD get food, because at that point I’m tired and cold and bikegry and can’t think. And bad traffic decisions, yes! I try to keep an energy bar on me even if I’m not planning to be out long, just in case I need it. Sometimes I feel like a real noob stopping to eat my energy bar on a 10 mile ride, but if it gets me home safely, I’ll take it :p

Glad you are OK!

Gummy worms are my eat whilst riding food. Way cheaper and better tasting than the fancy carb race fuel things. Worms not bears, easier to grab and not drop!

When I was training for my first tri, my husband promised to teach me how to eat while working out. We went to prospect park (living in ny at the time) for a bike-run brick. Bike was great, I drank some gatorade while riding, no problem. We stopped to lock up the bikes and I had a banana. I didn’t want it but it was ok. Then we started running and he started feeding me gel shots and blocks, asking me what I thought of each. I answered by throwing them all up on the side of the road. Lovely.

I did find one brand – luna – that I actually like and eat during tris/long ride/labor but they’re hard to find.

@dasgeh 39780 wrote:

When I was training for my first tri, my husband promised to teach me how to eat while working out. We went to prospect park (living in ny at the time) for a bike-run brick. Bike was great, I drank some gatorade while riding, no problem. We stopped to lock up the bikes and I had a banana. I didn’t want it but it was ok. Then we started running and he started feeding me gel shots and blocks, asking me what I thought of each. I answered by throwing them all up on the side of the road. Lovely.

I did find one brand – luna – that I actually like and eat during tris/long ride/labor but they’re hard to find.

It might have been the banana. Or too many gels at once. I’ve learned that I can only eat bananas in combination with other foods or as part of a meal. I tried eating a banana on an empty stomach once, as an afternoon snack. I immediately got an intense migraine, which lasted for a couple hours. I’ve only had a couple migraines in my life. Each was set off by a food trigger, either a banana on an empty stomach, or by eating salty tortilla chips for a couple hours on an empty stomach and without drinking any water at all. (That migraine lasted for several days!) I think in both situations, the electrolyte imbalance was the problem. I’ve never repeated those acts (banana or tortilla chips on an empty stomach with no water) again and as a result, I’ve never had another migraine. Not for well over a decade.

I also learned that I can’t eat anything until my internal “engine” has revved up properly. A couple years ago, I tried sipping a small amount of Gatorade right before swims and runs. That led to intense side stitches. Once I figured out the cause, I stopped the pre-workout Gatorade. The side stitches went away. The only other times I’ve had side stitches are when I eat too soon before a high-intensity race, like a hard 5K run race. During workouts, I don’t eat anything until at least the 20 or 30-minute mark, when I’ve fully warmed up. For shorter workouts and rides, I don’t eat anything at all. My thresholds are usually about 60 to 90 minutes. Anything shorter than that and I tend not to eat until afterward. But I’ll still bring some carb chews and water, just in case I decided to ride for a bit longer.

I once ate an entire large “Meat Lovers” pizza from Dominos while riding and balancing the box on my aerobars. To Bill Brasky!!

But seriously, other than coffee flavored items, the only thing I don’t really like is perpetuem. (Friends don’t let friends drink Heed.) And Bonk Breaker has a great lineup of “real” flavors that some of the more picky eaters might like.