First of all, I try to eat 'proper' food and a mixture of savoury and sweet items. On the Montane Cheviot Goat Ultra, this is an example of some of the food that I consumed. (Obviously, there was much more).
I always have a selection of 'bars' (individually wrapped items) such as :
- Frusli cereal bars - mixed flavours. I might not eat the whole bar at once, but eat it in pieces every 40 mins or so from the start.
- Ritz biscuits or similar cheesy biscuits. I probably wouldn't eat all of these as they are quite dry, but I think it is good to have something salty to eat.
- mixed bag of sweets e.g. Haribo, popcorn, chocolate peanuts and raisins, jelly sweets, twirl bites etc. I use these as a treat and have a handful when walking uphill sections or if I am feeling a bit lacking in energy.
- snack size chocolate bars. I use various different ones, but in the photo there are Tesco versions of Mars and Snickers.
- Soreen malt loaf, lunch box size - best eaten with a drink as they do stick round your teeth!
- Torq apple crumble gels. These are the only brand of gels that I use and I carry them in case I feel really fatigued. I have found over the last couple of years that when I was struggling, they have given me a bit of a boost.
- French Fries or Hula Hoops - another salty snack option.
- small cheese and pickle sandwiches - sandwich thins 'stay put' quite well.
- Capri Sun drinks pouch - full of sugar and tastes lovely when you are tired !
- black coffee or flat coke, if available at checkpoints
- hot cross buns, sometimes with cheese inside.
- Graze snacks as they have a mixture of tastes in them and are 'interesting' to eat.
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