How do I fuel on a 100 mile ride.
Spiz I have been talking a lot about Spiz. At the rest stop at mile 90 during the 2013 Spaghetti 100 where we took the photo I promised to post a link to the Spiz web site . I learned about Spiz when I was doing ultra trail runs in Texas. I learned that when you are doing an event that last over 4 hours you need to eat real food and not snacks or energy bars. Running and cycling burn a tremendous amount of calories when you are doing ultra events. Read about Chet Blanton's experience with Spiz. Even if the estimated calories that my Garmin 810 recorded during the ride are not correct knowing that I burned about 7,280 calories on a ride makes me want to make sure that I have enough fuel to ride 100 miles. On a 70+ mile ride I drink Spiz. On the Spaghetti 100 I mixed three scoops of Spiz in a bottle and kept it in a pocket without water. At the mile 48 rest stop I put water in it. At mile 60 I drank it all. That was about 1,5...