The Cyclist's Food Guide: Fueling For The Distance

by RD Clark MS, Jenny Hegmann

The Cyclist's Food Guide: Fueling for the Distance is a nutrition guide for novice and seasoned cyclists who want help fueling themselves for long rides, races, tours and cycling adventures that last hours, days or weeks... This easy reader is filled with tips on how to - Eat before, during and after long rides; Manage your day-to-day eating, so you can ride easily but well; Lose weight yet maintain energy to ride up the hills: Add power and pleasure to your cycling adventures. The Cyclist's Food Guide is - A nutrition book that helps you with day to day eating for high energy; A sports nutrition resource with facts about fueling for performance; A food book with easy ideas for meals and snacks; A source of inspiration to help you enjoy your cycling challenges.

192 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2005

Reviews

[Morgan McGehee · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars! Nancy Clark is my sports nutrition queen!

[Henryschauman · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good intro to nutrition for cyclists, providing info not just for racers, but also for touring or long distance cyclists as well. The information is presented clearly and logically. The take home lesson is to eat the appropriate nutrients in the correct quantities, at the right time. The authors show you how to do this, providing examples and offering alternatives to less healthy choices. I give the authors extra points for "in line" citing of their sources when they dispel some common myths.

[Helton Moraes · Rating 3 out of 5]

The good thing: a book written by people that TRULY know what they're talking about, both from a nutritional and from a cycling point of view.

The not so good part: the book is not so technical as it could be, and there are a lot of common-sense suggestions that make it sound like your mom's advice at times, besides being the same kind of advice you read in magazines or blogs all the time.