Thanks Julie Brown, ALC Recruitment Manager. She scheduled a nutrition workshop with Nutritionist Raymond Palko of MV Nutrition who let us know what choices to make to ensure that we are fueling our body with the right riding food for the 7-day event.
Carbs, carbs, carbs. That seemed to be the lesson for training and definitely the 7-day ride. Wow. I never knew endurance athletes ate that way. No, no, no, I wasn't calling myself an endurance athlete, just a pre-mini since I am training up until the 7-day ride.
Also, learned that if one plans to lose weight by minimizing caloric intake, that can be done, but only through April, since training rides will be longer and adequate amounts of carbohydrates will need to be stored daily to replenish the limited glycogen storage between daily training sessions.
We were given a free online meal tracker, http://www.eatingfree.com. Thank you Manuel Villacorta for helping us with nutrition.
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