The pre-ride breakfast I posted here yesterday (below) kept me going no problem for a big smile 48.7 mile ride with good biking bud, Ken, out through Grafton and Mendon.

Here’s a map of the route.

Here’s what I laid out for lunch – corn pasta with leftover salmon, yellow peppers, freshly chopped garlic, plain yogurt, guacamole with white beans, and cheese (and a good shot balsamic vinegar!). To drink, I had a tall tumbler with freshly squeezed lime and orange juice, a shot of pineapple juice, some coconut water, and iced blueberry tea. Bottom line: the meal was full of complex carbs and protein that tasted GREAT!

Here’s what those drink ingredients looked like. I didn’t add any sugar to the drink; there’s already enough in the juices as is, especially the coconut water. Those sugars, though, work well to replenish glycogen (stored sugar) stores rapidly in a cells after endurance exercise.

Side note: my eyes were definitely bigger than my appetite. I drank the whole drink easily, but only had about 1/3 of the pasta and salmon that I then finished off very easily for dinner.