Dietary moderation during RAGBRAI won’t be easy with so many tantalizing offerings along the way. It would be very tempting to try all I can on the first day, to be sure I don’t miss anything; because how can I be sure of being able to return for subsequent RAGBRAIs? But I don’t need to stuff myself like that, or I’ll be miserable on the bike.

My idea is to try one thing each day: Beekman’s Ice Cream the first day; Mr. Pork Chop the next; and so on. I can carry a piece of aluminum foil for wrapping that chop, because I’ve got an idea that it will be too big for me to eat all at once!

I recently found an online RAGBRAI article that does address the issue of fueling during the ride. It says, pace your eating; you don’t want or need to be riding on an overloaded stomach. At the same time, riding all day burns lots of calories; and that means eating to keep going. It’ll be hard to draw the line between enough, and too much!