Training with water or energy drink?

[Brakkies Sport Fotos]

old brown sherry.

 

 

 

dis die coke wat vet maak Faan.

[FanieFiets]

awesome advice. Ek stick by die water dan!  Need to tap into my reserves, hills are killing me. 

[Bat-ass]

i stopped making energy bottles for my morning training rides, because it was just a hastle... for about a year i have been riding on water for any ride shorter than 2 hours, and i'v never felt better!!! even flat out intense rides on empty stomach... i cant comment on the weight lose thing, my weight doesnt seem to change much...

[dirtcrazy]

but lets go one further,, what would be best,,, a long 3hour ride or a hard 1.5 hour ride,,,,?

[AndreZA]

but lets go one further' date=', what would be best,,, a long 3hour ride or a hard 1.5 hour ride,,,,?[/quote']

 

 

 

long 3hour rides can also be hard. There is no point in riding for 3 hours at 10km/h. The key word in "LSD" rides are "Steady" (not slow like most believe it to be).

[Minion]

 

but lets go one further' date=', what would be best,,, a long 3hour ride or a hard 1.5 hour ride,,,,?[/quote']

 

It would depend on your goals and what the rest of your training looks like, but you'd probably benefit from both:

 

One or two short, hard rides during the week when your time is limited and a long, slightly less hard (but not necessarily easy) ride on the weekend.

 

[scotty]

Rides up to 2 hours 1 bottle plain water, 2 - 3 hours 1 bottle energy drink, anything longer 1 bottle water 1 bottle energy drink. Sometimes my planned ride of 2-3 hours takes longer but then i stop at a shop and buy something.