Eat, Poop, Ride
Jul. 14th, 2014 12:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rebeccmeisterAs I've been reading this book on long-distance cycling, I'll occasionally read passages that make me snort or chuckle, which causes ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
scrottie to ask what I've just read, and then a brief discussion ensues based on our personal experiences relative to whatever opinions are expressed in the book.
It's not that the book is making recommendations that are not sound - after all, the authors have extensive experience with randonneuring and things like the Race Across America. It's just that the Extreme Picnicking Manifesto doesn't always quite match up with the recommendations.
So, S said we should write our own book, and then came up with the title Eat, Poop, Ride. You know, like how some people come up with good band names all the time. The Extreme Picnicking Manifesto would have something in it somewhere about how, if you're going on one of these so-called "training rides," you should really pick a neighboring town and an excellent eatery, and then ride your bike to the eatery, eat something delicious, and ride home again. Both good stomach training and good bicycling preparation. It would also encourage the eating of real, delicious foods like burritos over the eating of packaged convenience items, in large part because it's easier to work in a healthy quantity of fiber when eating real foods.
I think these discussions are the reason why I got the Take the Poo to the Loo song stuck in my head while riding the overnight 300k brevet this weekend.
scrottie to ask what I've just read, and then a brief discussion ensues based on our personal experiences relative to whatever opinions are expressed in the book.It's not that the book is making recommendations that are not sound - after all, the authors have extensive experience with randonneuring and things like the Race Across America. It's just that the Extreme Picnicking Manifesto doesn't always quite match up with the recommendations.
So, S said we should write our own book, and then came up with the title Eat, Poop, Ride. You know, like how some people come up with good band names all the time. The Extreme Picnicking Manifesto would have something in it somewhere about how, if you're going on one of these so-called "training rides," you should really pick a neighboring town and an excellent eatery, and then ride your bike to the eatery, eat something delicious, and ride home again. Both good stomach training and good bicycling preparation. It would also encourage the eating of real, delicious foods like burritos over the eating of packaged convenience items, in large part because it's easier to work in a healthy quantity of fiber when eating real foods.
I think these discussions are the reason why I got the Take the Poo to the Loo song stuck in my head while riding the overnight 300k brevet this weekend.
