{"id":538,"date":"2023-03-15T17:13:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T11:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/?p=538"},"modified":"2023-03-15T17:13:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T11:13:55","slug":"you-are-what-you-eat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/15\/you-are-what-you-eat\/","title":{"rendered":"You are what you eat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve already said it, this is a long race! You\u2019re going to need to refuel or risk bonking. Bonking hard! If you only do shorter races, or are used to pulling to the side of the trail to drink or eat when out riding, developing the ability to fuel on the go will be crucial. That goes double for figuring out what works on your stomach over the long haul. Keep in mind that as you consider your options (bars, gels, sports drinks) you\u2019ll want to settle on something that does the job, but also something you can open and consume while riding &#8211; with a few hundred people all around you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.iceman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/untitled-4219-scaled.jpg?resize=840%2C560&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.iceman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/untitled-4219-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.iceman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/untitled-4219-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.iceman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/untitled-4219-scaled.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About the author:<\/strong> Kurt Schaldenbrand has been racing bicycles since 1983. He\u2019s been a licensed coach working with competitive and developmental cyclists since 1990 and has been head coach for the University of Michigan Cycling team since 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve already said it, this is a long race! You\u2019re going to need to refuel or risk bonking. Bonking hard! If you only do shorter races, or are used to pulling to the side of the trail to drink or eat when out riding, developing the ability to fuel on the go will be crucial. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/15\/you-are-what-you-eat\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;You are what you eat&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18],"tags":[69,165,72,139,179,141],"class_list":["post-538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-training","tag-iceman","tag-iceman-cometh-challenge","tag-kalkaska","tag-training","tag-training-tips","tag-traverse-city"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":542,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538\/revisions\/542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}