Cycling Nutrition

Drew Edsall has provided an additional article on the importance of carbohydrates while riding. To expand on this, for any of you planning on consecutive days of racing or back to back hard training days avoiding glycogen depletion by properly feeding your muscles is very important. A time trial or short track race the day before the XC race may not require the intake of simple or complex sugars to complete, however, not fueling the body during the effort will require your body to dip into the stored glycogen in your muscles. This glycogen can take 36 to 48 hours to replace. Thus, read the article and conduct any additional research that is required.