TRAINING NUTRITION
Let's face it, long rides aren't the same without a tasty treat. As your mileage mounts, fuelling intelligently during your endurance sessions can help prevent that dreaded bonk, enabling you to go further, faster and for longer.
It will also help you train more consistently, preventing gradual glycogen depletion, that nasty heaviness and lethargy that can creep up on you unawares, as well as helping to protect your immune system.
One complaint I've heard from cyclists and triathletes is that they delay taking on nutrition on the bike because they struggle to look forward to a sickly-sweet gel or energy bar. If that's you, then you're going to love this month's on-the-bike feed recipes. Energy-packed and easy-to-eat, you'll find asweet) and savoury options, loaded with goodness as well as the electrolyte minerals you need to replace those lost through sweat.