Gals in my masters club (multiple IMs) say PBJ although I have no personal experience with that. Met I guy on the death march (for me) at IM Muskoka who was enthusiastic about salty hamburgers. However he was asking if I would walk with him so they wouldn't pull him off course so I'm not so sure that is good.

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Oh man. Does he carry precooked burgers in a bento box? I've heard of people leaving burgers in special needs, which is gross enough in and of itself.

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Slowride podcast mentioned a guy with a biscuit chicken sandwich wrapped in foil with two thermal handwarmers to keep it warm. Not sure I'd try that.

To be fair, it would definitely be better warm.

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I rode with a girl once who put oatmeal in a ziplock bag then bit the corner off and squeezed it into her mouth like a cake decorator. Didn't look too tasty though. I have had those little veggie burritos from the deli section of the grocery store. The brand around here is called globe spun cafe. Those worked pretty well if you were willing to spend about 3 minutes sitting up to eat.

I do most of my rides with cashew nuts, bananas and water. I raced on this as well.

For really long rides I'll have some convenience store BBQ or breakfast tacos just for the heck of it and because it's tasty.

Fig newtons are a staple on my training rides. Keeps hunger away and are way cheaper than gels, chomps, or energy bars.

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I have a rice musubi (rice, some shoyu, some furikake [rice seasoning with sesame seeds and chopped seaweed], wrapped in a seaweed sheet) when i jump on the bike. Perhaps because I grew up eating rice it doesn't upset my stomach at all and it's easy to carry and eat. I tried having a slice of spam in it, because that's simply awesome, but the spam wasn't a great idea for an ironman.

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I'm MOP-BOP, so take it for what it's worth...but I am on the PBJ bandwagon, I don't like to eat a lot at once, so it's a bit of prep work, but I quarter the sandwich and individually put the quarters in small ziplock bags, makes it easy to grab and eat quick without having to deal with an entire sandwich. Worst case ontario; if your not feeling it, jam it in and soak it with water, goes down easy

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I was on the "real food" train for a while last summer and did my long Saturday rides with peanut butter filled pretzels and dried apricots. Provided good energy and no GI distress... ymmv. Switched to gels in weeks leading up to and including IM. Couldn't stomach them after the 12th and switched to bananas and cookies on the course.

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2017 races: St. George 70.3 May 6 | Madison 70.3 June 11 | IM Zurich July 30 | Chicago Marathon October 8

PBJ is amateur. BP and banana on toasted bread is pro;)

Yeah, I've done newtons /costco fig bars quite a bit. Good, still not quite 'real' food.

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Dates. God's candy.

I haven't tried them in races yet, but on long workouts they've worked well for me.

Pitted of course. And there are good ones and bad ones. So minor experimentation between brands is necessary.

These also require a ton of water to wash down.

No he said in the back pocket of his cycling jersey. But he was there and he finished.

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Haven't yet, but I'm going to try a PB sandwich with either raisins or chopped dates. Hold on, it's not as crazy as it sounds. You get simple sugar, slightly more complex sugar, protein, and fat. Usually I would use hunny in such a concoction, but hunny can make a lot of things sticky and hard to handle on a long ride. Might do it with a tortilla so I can wrap it tightly and get rid of some of the bulk the bread would cause.

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Ditto.

Fig bars, bananas and cornbread or semi-sweet pastries.....if you don't want to do home brew rice cakes and other fancy pastries/bars.

Wonder how we survived before gels and bars...but we raced well.

That's one of the great mysteries of life. Also, did you know that there was a time when every person wasn't carrying a tiny super computer in his or her pocket, and couldn't be reached ALL the time? Must have been chaos.

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Miniature roasted potatoes covered in olive oil and salt. I put them in a plastic bag and then into my jersey pocket.

Also, homemade oat bars (oats, honey, raisins, chocolate chips, peanut butter, coconut, etc.) that go into a jersey pocket or bento box. A few of these will get you through a century+ ride.

Do oatmeal cream pies count as real food?

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Alright, time for a story. In 2012, I was at sherpa-ing for my mom and her partner at IM Frankfurt. She was gunning for a slot, he was doing his first IM, a barely-finishing type BOPer (IMFFM has a 15-hour cut off).

At the time, he was keen on this whole real-foods thing while we were doing our races off Roctane and liquid fuel. Once he started talking roast potatoes, we couldn't stand the embarrassment and placed a moratorium on potatoe purchasing in the month leading up to the race. We stayed with family, and asked them specifically to not keep potatoes around the house. "Oh, I'll roast some potatoes and keep them with some olive oil and maybe some cream cheese in my pockets" - not on our watch. We did make a concession and agreed I would be waiting at the run Special Needs with a egg and cheese sandwich.

Race day was forecast dry, but already as they were getting out the water a torrential downpour started. Deep puddles, streams on the roads. After my mum finished, she told me "You won't believe what I saw - on the first loop there were tinfoil-wrapped potatoes on the ground! And you know what's weird? They weren't there on the second loop."

Guess who was feeling smug that evening?

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I've always been partial to oatmeal creme pies.

I use flapjack, and the odd banana.

I do tend to need crisps (Chips in the US) on the run for something salty. I've all but given up on gels. For 70.3 I allow myself one on the bike and one on the run. I'm going to step up to 140.3 next year and hopefully this should scale ok. Might strap a pringles tube behind the seat though.

The type of food I ride with changes every couple of months for some reason.

One season its salty stuff, like nuts, tofu jerky, firm cooked mini spinach quiche (my wife is french) and combos (weird salty pizza flavored chips things).
Another season its more bitter stuff like chinese plums, espresso jelly and nutella and crushed almond sandwiches.
Another season its semi fresh stuff like a pickle in a ziplock, cucumber cheese sandwiches, frozen grapes etc.
And some seasons I just ride off the fake stuff, citrus flavored blocks and gels.

My body keeps craving different things. But I like the firm spinach quiche (overcook in oven so it gets a crunchy crust, stays better during ride) and the tofu jerky. Also, raisins. I like raisins.

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Only if you eat the entire box. Of course, as the name implies, oatmeal creme pies are a great nutrition foundation - you've got oats and dairy. All those extra ingredients are just a bonus. Stuff some kale in the middle and you pretty much got yourself some cycling superfood, right there.

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Travis Rassat
Vector Cycle Works
Noblesville, IN
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