Re: ride food

["Wilcocks, Carol" <cwilcocks@aidpo.agric.wa.gov.au>]

Sorry to say this, but all those sweet Gu, Powergel etc. things sound truly 
gross! I can't stand anything sugary on rides, as I find it gives me 
headaches. Afterwards is a different matter, though, I like musk sticks, lots 
of coffee and bacon and egg toasted sandwiches with lots of cooked onions! 
During the ride I like diet carbonated drinks, water, coffee, leftover pasta 
meals, instant noodles, packet chicken soup, apples or fruit of some sort, 
BBQ chicken-mainly savoury things which have some staying power in the gut! I 
can't stomach any Powerade type electrolyte drinks either, so I have to watch 
dehydration. Breakfast is the difficult one, I think those breakfast bars are 
way too sweet, and porridge would be good, but it takes too much preparation, 
so I tend to go for toast or crumpets with honey or Vegemite. Sometimes i 
think it would be easier to be a horse and just eat hay or grain!?
Carol and the gang.