Day 25 – Hawes to Morecambe
My penultimate day on the bike.
Strava tells me it’s 90% or more downhill.
TBH, I can’t be arsed with another day of climbing after yesterday.
In knowledge of this, I had a large breakfast…
Full breakfast vs Continental
Having experienced both full breakfast and continental, I’d say continental is better in terms of absorption and uptake.
If you eat 4 croissants with jam, a bit of muesli and a muffin a cup of coffee and a cup of orange, you’ll feel that kick in straight away.
With the full breakfast, the energy is there, it just has a longer and slower release into the body.
If you’ve got a long day cycling, I’d recommend the continental. Plenty of jam. Some yoghurt. Some cereal. As much sugar as you can manage. Then keep on topping up throughout the day. Less energy will be wasted on digestion.
Full breakfast is good in terms of protein and carbs, but these things take time and energy for the body to process, before being absorbed. And tbh, if you’re working at full stretch or cardio all the time and you’re an adult, your body’s only going to be asking for sugar.
Anyway, I made it. …