I eat huge amounts. I’m just amazed that it’s possible to eat this amount yet I’m actually losing weight. ALLAN BENN
We jam as much food as possible into our bodies before sunrise. Then we use our bicycles, to help our bodies make space for more food, often stopping halfway for ‘lunch’, which is a bit more like second breakfast since it is usually mid-morning. We eat again at camp, often alternating solid food with pop to wash things down. Those of us who had the foresight to buy snacks on our rest day have a strategic advantage in this round. Then it is nap time; gotta let the body digest before the next round. Dinner is the best and most elaborate meal of the day on riding days. I eat most of my dinners from my one litre dish, my ‘trough’. Fully loaded (heaping), this thing can hold more than a kilo and a half of food. If dinner comprises about 30 - 40% of my consumption for the day, that would suggest that I’m throwing back 4 kilograms of food each day that I ride (possibly more on my days off when my hands and mouth are unobstructed). That’s before considering calorie-loaded beverages. I ate so much at dinner that it probably could have fed a regular family of four. TORI FAHEY
Rick and Jenn consume a hamburger and fries, a chicken burrito with rice and beans, a plate of quesadillas, a chocolate sundae, apple cake and ice cream, and two Cokes. Rick informs me that he has lost 10 kilos on the trip so far. LEAH McLAREN
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