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Little and often. You can eat doughnuts (although they're too high in fat to be a decent fuel) but you should eat them, say half at a time, over the course of an hour or two. It does depend a bit on how hard you're riding, how much you're eating vs. hunger, etc. but that's what you experiment with on longer rides.
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unfortunately I work shifts and every sunday so am not free for most audaxes
You could look into doing permanents instead. You choose your time, and you can still get your brevet card stamped and your AAA points at your own convenience. Means there's fewer friendly faces, but it gets you out on your bike at least.
http://www.aukweb.net/events/diy/index.htm
Edit: just realised I am replying to a post from months ago, like a wanker. Soz. Basically I have only just followed this thread a few minutes ago so that I can keep up on the latest news from hippy's 2017 ultracycling season and I have no idea what I am doing. #hippofanclub
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@skinny my low gear will be 36x34 and my stomach is of biblical proportions so hopefully I'll be fine. Thank you for the advice. Hope to do a 600 in march-ish.
@hippy cheers. Yeah I did Greenwich Mean Climb last month and I developed some knee pain which has been niggling so need to alter set up for that. Also made me realise how deadly stopping is. TiTS and all that. I have a habit of overfuelling and getting sluggish cause I'm so terrified of bonking. Maybe I need to just eat bananas instead of donuts. Wanna work on the long rides too. And yeah, basically ride a bit more, and then ride a bit more again I guess.
@Greenbank Wow that's loads of great info! Thank you! Yeah I did my first audax last month and really enjoyed it, friendly faces and other people who like riding long distance being around was nice, unfortunately I work shifts and every sunday so am not free for most audaxes. May try to make a few more next year. I like watching numbers go up somewhat arbitrarily (I guess I'm from a generation steeped in the gameification of things) so am tempted by the AAA awards and stuff.