Let's not pretend that endurance riding is easy for us as the rider. At top level you could be riding for 10hrs + in a day and we all know that it's not a leisurely walk... apart from the riding time there's often journey time the day/s before to factor in, the week before's packing up and so much mental expenditure digesting all the ride information, planning your loops and crew points and your strategy in the VGs. In all, by the time I've got home from a ride I often feel quite tired and this feeling can last for days after if I'm not careful.
However, I've picked up some tips along the way from fellow endurance riders but also from participating in long distance cycling and running events.
Ultimately, we as riders are still endurance athletes and we should all probably start paying a little more attention to what is going into our body in the days preceding, on the day and after a ride to ensure we are optimally fuelled to give our horses the best ride. What we eat after will also make the biggest difference to how quickly we recover to not only feel better sooner but get back to training (ourselves) quicker.
To keep this blog at a reasonable length today I'm just going to tackle what to eat on the day itself but if you're interested I can certainly write up more content on pre and post ride food plans :D
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