One thing I feel is generally overlooked during indoor riding is proper fuelling, possibly because the consequences of bonking are nowhere as dire as out on the road.
I try to pay particular attention to what I eat and drink before leaving because I know when it’s cold, I tend to not eat as much whether due to cold hands that are unable to open packages, lack of thirst or inaccessible food.
What if I told you that you could ride faster, longer and harder just by drinking this one beverage? I’m sure you would be curious to know what it is, right?
Adam rides and races with Ascent Cycling out of Toronto, Canada. xact nutrition have been fueling Ascent's goals since the 2019 cycling season; Adam set off for Europe on a cycling conquest in January, 2020 for three months with his bike. Not bike-packing or randonneurring, but going to places he's always wanted to go to, just to ride his bike...
This article by Alister Gardner, elite trail runner and co-owner of xact nutrition, draws on his expertise and experience of how to best prepare for race day. It includes eating and carb loading advice to best optimise your fuel reserves pre-race plus helpful advice of how to avoid GI-Stress. Alister describes the advantages of carb loading and how to go about doing it yourself so you can best prepare for race day. The principles are the same for cycling running, triathlon or any other endurance sport race event.
