Training for Seattle-To-Portland Bikeride

ThistleDew · Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:39 am

Hi, all! I've been lurking on the board for a few weeks now. I'm in my 12th day of phase 1, and will move on to phase 2 on Thurs. It has been SOOOOO hard not to weigh myself constantly!!!

The board has been full of great ideas which I've been utilizing (mainly the recipes- YUM!), but I have yet to find info on what I'm about to ask.

This year I'm training for the STP (Seattle-To-Portland) bikeride. The bikeride is 206 miles or so, and I am hoping to ride it in one day. Has anyone else trained for a major event like this? So far I'm averaging 100 miles a week in cycling, at probably 12 miles an hour or so, and this average will go up until the event in July.

I want to make sure I'm getting sufficient calories so that my weight loss doesn't stall. I've settled in with the idea of losing 1-2 lbs a week; slightly more, if it means I'm burning fat but NOT muscle. What foods would you suggest for fueling myself during the bikerides? I thought roasted garbanzos might be a good choice. I've been eating string cheese with celery for snacks on my bikerides since I'm on phase one and only found that garbano recipe a few days ago, but my energy drops back down almost as quick as I eat my current snack choice, so I'm thinking some "good" carbs are the way to fuel, especially with phase two coming up. Are nuts a good choice?

Should I also eat more at my meals on my cycling days to make up for calories burned? If so, what kinds of foods? I'm training 3x/week, and I'm 5"11.5 and 250 lbs, so I'm an Amazon of a chica!!! javascript:emoticon(':wink:')

Cheers,
ThistleDew

ami · Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:31 am

i suggest you post your question in the Fitness and Exercise section of this Forum:
http://www.southbeach-diet-plan.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=13

oldpjams · Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:48 pm

I have experience with events like that. I would approach it from the opposite direction. In order to do a 200mi ride in on day in July, your single-day mileage will need to be at least 140mi in ~12 weeks. If you are riding 3x a week I'm guessing that your long ride is not more than 50mi right now. I would think that your training rides are going to have to build in length and intensity as quickly as possible for you to be able to handle that mileage and get your average speed up...at 16mph you would be on the bike for over 12hrs which is a pretty long day.

I would finish P1 since you are already on day 12, and then start experimenting with healthy P2 eating including on-bike nutrition. You really can not ride all day on cheese and celery. Your body is going to need digestible carbs throughout the day (not the kind of foods typically promoted by SBD but I wouldn't worry about that for the event or during training).

There are some very good books on training and eating for centuries and double centuries. I'd check a few out.

Are you on a specific training program for that distance?


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