We all ate more than usual, and ate a bunch of stuff we don’t usually eat while on this trip. Some of this is necessary; on the Marshall-Tebbetts day, for example, my average speed was only 12.4 miles/hour for the 61 miles I rode, because of the friction on the trail surface, but I was working: according to my heart rate monitor I expended 2,887 calories. My daily expenditure while riding (not counting my basal metabolic expenditure) varied from 1,800 to 4,000, depending on the day.
Some of the things I ate with relative abandon that I don’t usually eat were
- Steak: typically either prime rib or filet, so still low-fat cuts
- Barbecue: because going to Kansas City and not eating barbecue is just wrong
- Beer: maltase can crank up my blood sugar, so I usually don’t drink beer any more, but this tour was an exception
- Ice cream
- Swedish fish: red ones
- Licorice: black ones
- Bread products: bread, hamburger buns
- Fried potatoes, although some of them were sweet potato french fries, so at least a wee bit more healthy …
- Pancakes
- Bacon
I even had a full-sugar can of Dr. Pepper one day, and I was burning so many calories that I didn’t get a sugar buzz at all. Now it’s back to the beans, cereal, soymilk, fresh veggies, chicken that took a back seat during the tour …
