What's for breakfast?

[sylvan]

I'm planning on trying a sausage roll for breakfast followed by a 6-hour ride on water only. I believe this is a technique that has been employed by cyclists of high repute and I'm hoping that this may result in substantial weight loss due to muscle cannibalization.

[Ian]

Sylvan, I thought you had a great idea for a pre-ride meal when you posted THIS...

[Josh.E]

I'm taking up smoking.....actually Bruce got me into the idea. He tells me there's nothing like a good smoke before a long ride. He was carrying a pack with him in his jersey pocket on saturday, but he wasn't offering.....

Not really nutrition per se, but I think the weight loss should improve my climbing.

I've decided the best way to start is cold turkey, or maybe hot turkey is the correct term. So, I went straight to a pack a day.

I'll see how it goes over the next couple weeks. If this doesn't work, Tom Boonen has some other techniques I might have a look at.....

[Rolf]

Mmm. Sausage rolls.

Dr. Brian: I want to get you started on:

fluid intake, or sodium losses/replacement.

At risk of expanding this thread beyond breakfast to riding nutrition generally, I'd like to hear whatever you have to say. I've learned a ton from each of your well-informed posts.

Having been reared from a young age on Swiss sausages, I've always been a salt-fiend. But my post-ride sodium cravings sometimes reach the point of manic depravity, err.... deprivation. I sometimes end up eating crap like this -- just for the 2700-mg-sodium-hit-in-a-bowl.

Should I start salting my coffee, instead?

[Brian S]

I'm taking up smoking.....actually Bruce got me into the idea. He tells me there's nothing like a good smoke before a long ride. ..

hmmm I thought you smoked after boinking, not when bonking. Rolf we should just sit down and talk after a ride, and bring Lawless into the string. BTW PISE does sodium/sweat rate testing. Maybe that is the next big thing?

[BryanS]

Found A good Article- http://velonews.competitor.com/2009/04/ ... sers_90436