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site visits that are 150 miles away so miss the morning ride and feel exhausted from the driving
Urgh. At least I was only deskbound. 500ml cans of Monster are you friend. (Or leave early and ride the 150mi with a change of clothes and a pack of wet wipes :) )
I won't be able to make my gel/buy when out on the road.
You want to start experimenting with what foods you like/tolerate now, not in the middle of LEJOG for sure.
Sweets do for sure mess up your mouth over multiple days. I mix them up with bread/pancakes/waffle/chocolates/flapjack type stuff that servos stock and the odd pack of nuts or crips for salt and fat. In the USA, trailmix is a great option as every gas station sells really good versions of it. UK/EU not so much. Various biscuits and cakes as well but off the bike you want to get proper food in for sure. Veggies and beans salads and good proteins and all that healthy shit people like me are rumoured to avoid but actually eat quite a lot of :)
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People at work have been trying to push me to cycle to site, the only issue with taking a change of clothes is that it's full PPE included steel toe cap boots and a hard hat...
I guess it's going to be more trial and error as at the moment, I have a very controlled environment with my riding so can plan everything with my nutrition. I'm going to do some long days in the run up to LEJOG so will test the shop bought nutrition then.
Challenge update:
I'm on day 84 now and I'm a bit behind from the knee injury but I'm very motivated to hit day 100 at 10,000km, as this feels like the first big milestone of this challenge. I'm definitely predicting life getting in the way more in September/October with a house move and potentially living between two places so will make the most of this summer by getting some miles banked then!
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That sounds like a fun challenge though. Like you said being busy with work makes things difficult, I've had a few days where I'm having to do site visits that are 150 miles away so miss the morning ride and feel exhausted from the driving. I have used and enjoyed trainerroad in the past but I'm doing various 'Active recovery' sessions on Zwift as keeping a consistent power seems to help my current injury. I'll move onto those high calorie foods, as you're right in saying you need to fuel on stuff you can buy. This will be very important for when I'm doing big multi day rides as I won't be able to make my gel/buy when out on the road.
I make up a maltodextrin based gel : https://theplantedrunner.com/copycat-gu-gels/#wprm-recipe-container-3063 I find it works really well but I make 8 or 10x the recipe and use soft flasks to store it, makes me feel more PRO... I find too much sweets or a monster ruin my mouth, I jump off the turbo and brush my teeth as I don't like the feeling.
I do have a Friday rewarded, my GF picks up fish and chips which is always a great after a long week. The weekdays are where the challenge really exists, as it kills my spare time and I have to be super efficient with all my tasks otherwise I end up going to bed too late and won't recover. I always have a 2kg bag of maltodextrin so will start putting added it to my bottles with a bit of lemon juice/squash. I have used SIS Go Energy in the passed too which I liked.
It's mental the cost of doing a lot of miles, I've already got through 2x chains and 1 set of GP5000s