Ride Fuel: Dates in Your Pocket

Name: Ride Fuel: Dates in Your Pocket
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 4 × date
Ingredients: 4 dates Medjool dates

A small bag of Medjool dates beside running shoes, a water bottle and a sports watch

Instead of a gel

≈66 kcal · 0.4 g protein

per date

Pit them, bag them, and keep them in your pocket for the long ride.

2 min
4 × date
Running & cycling

Per date (approx.)

66
kcal
0.4
g protein
18
g carbs
<0.1
g fat

The whole recipe: ≈266 kcal and 1.7 g protein.

A kilo of Medjool is SAR 99. At 24 g a date, that's about SAR 2.38 each

What you need

Medjool Royal
4 dates
SAR 991 kg

How to make it

1
Take the pits out of 4 Medjool dates.
2
Put them in a small zip bag.
3
On a long session, eat one or two as your plan and coach say.

Dates are soft and sticky: keep them in a pocket that closes, out of the sun.

The numbers are approximate: worked out from each ingredient's weight and its figures per 100 g in USDA FoodData Central. They vary with the size of the date and the brand.

Medjool dates

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General information, not a substitute for advice from a doctor or dietitian, especially if you have diabetes.