Longest bike ride yet

Just a hair over 20 miles to get to work this morning, including some totally unanticipated, unilluminated, unenjoyable mountain bike trails in the pitch darkness, thanks to google maps and my early work start time. Makes me feel like I've accomplished something. Perhaps I can work up to the point where I run an olympic-length tri on myself once a week.

I tried freezing two bottle of keto chow to take with me to work, one to have right away upon arrival and the other for lunch. However, despite the fact that my frozen bottle of water was fully thawed but still pleasantly cold upon arrival, both bottles of keto chow were still frozen solid. Neither thawed out to the point of drinkability for several hours. Starting around 11 o'clock, I felt a bit off, with a headache coming on. I initially chalked it up to the calorie imbalance that day (I had burned over 1,800 calories and consumed around 600 at that point), but that doesn't hold water. In actual fact, the real reason was probably that I wasn't holding enough water; I just drank the one bicycle bottle right after riding, so about 20 ounces. After that, I was too busy to think much about water, so I was probably rather dehydrated. Early this morning, after stretching but before my ride (so about 3 AM), my ketones were above 3. I'm on day 11 of being well into ketosis, so my body should be well used to not eating every few hours or so. Indeed, I biked those 20 miles this morning having taken in no food or water at all for over 8 hours, and I felt fine (well, physically; the mountain bike path was mentally taxing).

Moving forward, I'll be experimenting with various methods of creating solid keto foods, so I can easily take them to work; it would be best if they were shelf-stable or easy to quickly reheat after being frozen. I may make them with keto chow; their website has a lot of interesting recipes. Incidentally, I did some math today; four bags of keto chow and 9 quarts of oil or fat provide for a 2600 calorie per day diet for four weeks. I think that those ingredients, depending on the packaging for the fat, could easily fit in a 5 gallon bucket. Imagine being able to have a month's worth of shelf-stable food in a 5 gallon bucket. Or in a milk crate.