Looking over my logs from yesterday, it looks like I had a much larger calorie deficit than I expected. 1500 instead of the average of 1000. If I would have made the ride direct and on my road bike, it's safe to assume that I would have expended 1000 calories. Now here's my question... what's the cost of the food required to power a trip like that?

If I do what I do now, and power my ride with Wendy's, that will be just a bit less than two grilled chicken combos for around $13. If I just did a Burger King combo [blech], I could probably make do with one at $6.50. If you just had plain spaghetti you would need a quarter of a package. I never look at the price though... what's a pack, like about $1.50? So it would be about 37 cents, plus hydro to boil the water, salt, and maybe a little olive oil and/or cheese to help it go down. Maybe 40-45 cents? Hrm. Looking at it that way...

Compare to a car would it be safe to say costs are around 20¢ a km? So 40k per day would cost about $8. So I guess it all depends on where you get your energy from. Riding can be much cheaper.

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I think I've decided to go on an epic 300+ km ride this weekend to Ben's cottage and back. It depends on if I have to work this weekend and how early I can finish on Friday night, but things are looking up. This will definitely be a test and a half. It'll be about 200 miles round trip, but I'll have a full day of rest between since it's the long weekend. I'm a little worried about riding back with home-from-the-cottage traffic though. A few drunk drivers and a lot of people aggrivated with having to go home. It's a tough call. I think I can find some quiet roads to take.

I think it depends on what kind of support I can get from Sue and Ben. If they think they might be able to grab me on the way back if things get stupid then I think I'll do it. Otherwise, I don't think I could afford a 160 km taxi ride in this country.