This is what I brought on my last 1300m vertical race: 250ml nalgene bottles of: maltodextrin, electrolytes, chicken soup, maltodextrin, electrolytes, maltodextrin. I drank a little more than half of it.
On today’s 40k ride in 12° weather I’m bringing: water in the bike bottle from our favorite sponsor, 500ml cassis-flavored maltodextrin “superjuice”, 250ml turkey soup, and 250ml vitamins and mineralsTwo beer cozies to keep the soup and electrolytes warm, to keep me fueled for two hoursFrozen turkey juice leftover from Thanksgiving, when I baked a nice juicy happy turkeyBought on the second-hand market for a buck (plus postage) so I wouldn’t wear out the nicer family beer cozies we bought in Australia more than a decade agoRepurposed barefoot shoe bag. One side is attached with a velcro strap and the other with a reusable zip tie. I really don’t like velcro but I’m not sure if I can trust the zip tie. Safe but convenient attachments are tricky.
Fuel loading complete
Drinking half of the superjuiceTurkey soup stop (note to self: heat it up more and add salt)Multivitamin and mineral juice stop (note to self: one or the other, else it’s too concentrated)Look, I could camp here beside one of the main north-south highways of Europe. There’s even a fire pit!Where would I put the tent? So much choice!The sun is going down. Drinking the other half of the superjuice and cycling home, properly fueled.
How can I bring maltodextrine with me in powder form? Nanobaggies?
Add homemade cookies and bacon?
Addendum: the 1300m vertical race I mentioned at the beginning of my post was the activity with the highest training load last year, says my wonderful Coros watch:
Cool and Interesting 
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