They are incredibly sweet as they are 80% sugar so they fill your mouth with the sweet sticky sensation we sometimes crave and provide the carbohydrates you need for cycling. Over time our bodies can get used to the amount of caffeine we are using so to get a more effective coffee hit while cycling keeps your espresso habit for pre-ride treats and the café stop.ĭates are the natural fruit equivalent of scoffing Haribo or eating gels. We feel less tired and cycling feels easier when we have had a coffee! It increases alertness, as we know, but it also reduces perception of fatigue and discomfort. We all know a coffee helps us get going in the morning and keeps us awake when we are nodding off but when it comes to riding bikes it does even more. Not strictly a food but we can’t ignore the huge benefits, and pleasures, of a pre ride espresso. They also make a great recovery food for after a ride, add them to a smoothie or eat one with a glass of milk. Bananas are good for long rides and eating before a ride as other than the very brown ones they reduce energy steadily over time.ĭon’t just eat bananas on your bike, the fibre in bananas called pectin helps to moderate your blood sugar levels and can reduce your appetite, making them a good snack between meals. A green banana is more fibrous and has a lower GI, a brown banana has a much higher GI so releases its energy faster. They are perfectly balanced to replace the electrolytes lost through sweat, particularly potassium as well as providing 25g-30g of carbohydrate to supply energy to our cycling muscles.īananas are interesting in many ways, their GI (how quickly the sugar in the food absorbs into our blood stream) changes as they ripen.
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High in carbohydrate, easy to eat and digest, plus they come in their own handy packaging that doesn’t create waste or damage the environment. If you aren’t gunning for an Olympic medal just having beetroot in your salad still has many health benefits including reducing blood pressure and strengthening your gut health.
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To get the effect you need half a litre of beetroot juice a day, more than most of us would normally choose to consume, so for performance benefits professional athletes have concentrated shots. Drinking beetroot juice can make you faster in a 10km time trial, it may only be by 12 seconds but that is enough to win a medal instead of being a runner-up. Regular beetroot juice has been shown to have a remarkable effect on cyclists, it enhances blood flow, increases muscle efficiency and extends your endurance. Often found on the Skedaddle picnic table beetroots are great for more than just turning your wee pink.
Try these 8 delicious recipes at home inspired by Skedaddle picnics! Our guide and cycling journalist Hannah Reynolds gives her top five food options to get you going and explains why you should reach for them before, during and after your ride… Food glorious food! Our skillful guides will always be there waiting for you with a legendary Skedaddle picnic on our guided cycling holidays, but if you go on your own or need a quick pick-me-up then it is important to think about your fuelling strategy.
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