food

Do you have a friend that brings an enormous amount of food on rides? Is it strange to see someone pull out a slice of pizza wrapped in foil? Are you typically the rider with a few tic tacs and half a bottle of water? Quite frankly, do you have an eating/riding problem?

Here's where I'm going with these questions: I'm a "starver" and I've learned from my ways. I've learned that I can't bring half a gummy bear on a 35-mile epic. In the past, I've been a real fan of eating VERY light. In other words, I would pack food, but never eat it. Then, I would see my riding buddies take out countless amounts of calories with gooey goodness wrapped up in foil and CONSUME. My lanky, sad face is one of the last things they saw after finishing a snickers bar. In other words, I would "want." Well last weekend, this all bit me (sorry for the pun) in the butt.

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1 Jar natural peanut butter (organic is always best)
½ Cup ground flax seeds (flax meal)
3 Scoops Chocolate Protein
Mix all the ingredients in a big bowl. Make sure you include the oil from the peanut butter, or replace it with an equivalent amount of flax seed oil. It should create a big dough-like [...]

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