Ok this might seem kind of neurotic, but I will go ahead.
Yesterday I rode 7:33, for 136 miles. Some hard efforts, some easy efforts, hilly to rolling the whole time. I am a 5'9 137lb racer. I estimate my brm to be about 1700 calories per day.
I estimate 500 calories per hour burnt on a ride like this and consumed 3500 calories yesterday, which covers calories burnt. However, if you spend 80% of your awake time on the bicycle, does your BRM then go down? Should I have consumed closer to 5000 calories to only have a 500 calorie or so deficit, this is huge difference.
Also those of you with powertaps and whatnot, what is a good estimate of your caloric expediture for ride times/distances/races etc?
Yesterday I rode 7:33, for 136 miles. Some hard efforts, some easy efforts, hilly to rolling the whole time. I am a 5'9 137lb racer. I estimate my brm to be about 1700 calories per day.
I estimate 500 calories per hour burnt on a ride like this and consumed 3500 calories yesterday, which covers calories burnt. However, if you spend 80% of your awake time on the bicycle, does your BRM then go down? Should I have consumed closer to 5000 calories to only have a 500 calorie or so deficit, this is huge difference.
Also those of you with powertaps and whatnot, what is a good estimate of your caloric expediture for ride times/distances/races etc?