What do people with allergies eat on the bike during IM race? I'm allergic to most nuts (everything but almonds), seeds, soy, and in general stay away from branded tri/cycling nutrition. I can eat gels, but prefer not to during the first 3.5-4hrs of the ride (~5hrs). In training and in past races I've tried things like pastries, fig bars, dried sweet potato bits, boiled potato, rice cakes. Unfortunately, most of this stuff is just not enough to sustain a race effort, and most of it is too bulky/annoying to eat while trying to be in aero. I'd go with rice cakes if I could find a ready product or a way to make them such that I can carry all of that stuff with me and not hassle too much over storing/unwrapping. Goal is ~250 cal/hr, and ideally no more than 40g of carbs, so some fat and protein too.
Allergic to: stroopwafels (GU and Stinger, which is a huge bummer because they are super convenient to carry and have at least some useful stuff other than sugar), Cliff Bars, Picky Bars, Power Bars, basically most bars I've ever tried:( Most bars seem to have some weird soy proteins, or nuts (often there's hazel nuts in products that are supposed to be "almond"). I can do Jelly Belly sports beans, but that's just sugar, so similarly to gels, I'd like to stay away from that.
On the run I drip feed Clif Blocks or GU Chews, and do ~2-3 gels over the course of a marathon.
Allergic to: stroopwafels (GU and Stinger, which is a huge bummer because they are super convenient to carry and have at least some useful stuff other than sugar), Cliff Bars, Picky Bars, Power Bars, basically most bars I've ever tried:( Most bars seem to have some weird soy proteins, or nuts (often there's hazel nuts in products that are supposed to be "almond"). I can do Jelly Belly sports beans, but that's just sugar, so similarly to gels, I'd like to stay away from that.
On the run I drip feed Clif Blocks or GU Chews, and do ~2-3 gels over the course of a marathon.