McBRAAM Stage 9: Santa Fe, NM to Las Vegas, NM..."This is how we eat."

970.2 miles ridden. (Around 1/3rd complete!)
41,618 feet climbed.

Today was uneventful, and what a pleasant experience it was. We had perfect temperatures, perfect winds, clear blue skies, great roads, and NO flats.

Knowing we had a short ride today, we took time this morning to install tire liners, hoping that they would stop the onslaught of flats we've been having. I don't know if we would have had a flat or two without them today, but I do know that we were flat free, so regardless of the cause, I'm happy with the effect.

Today we went over the highest point of our ride. My gps unit read 7,523 feet above sea level. Now we gradually shed elevation all the way to the Mississippi River, some 1,200 miles east of us at the moment.

We saw a Roadrunner sprint across the road in front of us on the old Santa Fe trail road. We braked a bit, not for him, but for the inevitable firecracker riding Wile E Coyote sure to be on his tail.

We've had a lot of people ask, "What do you guys eat on something like that?!?!?" I thought it might be interesting to list today's fueling, which is fairly standard each day, so here goes for today.

Breakfast:

• 2 cups coffee
• 1 banana
• 1 cup peach yogurt
• 1 full size waffle with peanut butter and honey
• 1 hard boiled egg
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1 cup apple juice

Lunch:

• If it's a "long" ride, meaning about 6 hours anticipated time or more, around the half way point, we'll take a lunch break for a sub sandwich, some chips and water. If it's short, then we'll eat the same, but immediately after we finish.
• Today was short, and I had some leftover spaghetti bolognese, so as soon as we got checked into the hotel, I finished it off.
• Also had a water bottle recovery drink of water with a mix of protein and carbohydrates.

Dinner: (tonight I wanted breakfast)

• Chicken fried chicken with cream gravy
• Hash browns
• 2 fried eggs
• Wheat toast with butter & jelly
• Ice tea

Bed-time snack, if I'm hungry, which is usually the case:

• Kathy's homemade cookies, but they're looong gone, so a Cliff bar
• Soy milk

During the ride on the bike:

• A serving of about 200 calories of carbohydrates per hour from an easily digestible source, like energy gels (I have a secret homemade recipe that I use)
• About a bottle of water per hour
• Supplements of electrolytes as need

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Hotel: Super 8, 4 of 5 stars (bonus for having free massaging recliners).
Restaurant: Hillcrest Restaurant 2 of 5 stars (I had breakfast, nothing special).

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