Stuff you can eat while biking almost every day for two weeks

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We all ate more than usual, and ate a bunch of stuff we don't usually eat while on this trip. Some of this is necessary; on the Marshall-Tebbetts day, for example, my average speed was only 12.4 miles/hour for the 61 miles I rode, because of the friction on the trail surface, but I was working: according to my heart rate monitor I expended 2,887 calories. My daily expenditure while riding (not counting my basal metabolic expenditure) varied from 1,800 to 4,000, depending on the day.

Some of the things I ate with relative abandon that I don't usually eat were
  • Steak: typically either prime rib or filet, so still low-fat cuts
  • Barbecue: because going to Kansas City and not eating barbecue is just wrong
  • Beer: maltase can crank up my blood sugar, so I usually don't drink beer any more, but this tour was an exception
  • Ice cream
  • Swedish fish: red ones
  • Licorice: black ones
  • Bread products: bread, hamburger buns
  • Fried potatoes, although some of them were sweet potato french fries, so at least a wee bit more healthy ...
  • Pancakes
  • Bacon
I even had a full-sugar can of Dr. Pepper one day, and I was burning so many calories that I didn't get a sugar buzz at all. Now it's back to the beans, cereal, soymilk, fresh veggies, chicken that took a back seat during the tour ...

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Four avid cyclists-Lynne, Matt, Al, and Phil-set out to ride 987 miles of the Lewis & Clark Trail. Herein lies their tale.

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