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Regarding food / energy on the bike I really rate Torq for something that actually tastes nice and is pretty neutral. Also skinny, I think, linked to some Skratch lab sweets that wiggle were selling off short-dated. I bought 6, thinking they would be packs. I got 6 boxes of 10 ha! Luckily they are really nice too, much better than gels tbh.
Happy to bring you some of either / both next time you're in London, or I'm up in Suffolk, which shouldn't be too long
branwen
@BareNecessities
Right, slight update ahead
I've really not felt like going out recently, so making use of Zwift to get my legs moving. Typically doing rides of between 2-3 hours, 2-3 times a week. I won't be doing any rides longer than that until I start heading outside again, where I'll probably do a mixture of longer road rides, and shorter, more intense mtb rides. I intend to build up both mileage and ( to a certain extent ) speed gradually, as I've no wish to burn myself out before the event. Will be adding some upper body stuff soon ( mostly press ups and some rowing ), to get the arms, shoulders and back a bit stronger.
Been making a few small tweeks to my riding position on the turbo and road bike. The Talbot is pretty much dialled, but I'd like to be able to switch between my bikes without any risk of injury, from using drastically different riding positions. In terms of various things to watch out for physically, I get a little sciatic pain in my left leg and a certain amount of metatarsal pain in my right foot. Leg pain is mostly kept at bay with regular stretching and the foot pain is helped by decent footbeds in my shoes. I have a new pair of my current shoes to break in before then and some new inner soles to try out.
Food wise, there's a few things to sort out. My stomach can't handle the casual stuffing of pretty much anything that it could when I was younger, so will be trying out various snacks & energy products, to see what I can stomach best.
Speaking of stomachs, I will have to lose a decent amount of weight to make this less of a chore. I'm currently about 115kg, which I think is about 2x regular XC racers? I can't even bear thinking about a diet in the middle of Winter, so will move into that very gradually. Ideally, I'd like to be around the 100kg mark by August.