What is your Recovery Beverage for the TOS 2026?
You can make up to three choices. The poll closes at the end of the last stage.
For those of you who pick other, please comment and tell us what is missing.
Looks like we no longer have the ability to create a poll, so we will have to do this the hard way. Reply to the post with one of these choices:
Protein Shake
Beer
Chocolate Milk
Water
Wine
Sports Drink
Coffee
Milk
Tea
Carbonated Beverage
Hard Liquor
Other
Today mine was
…in that order. Love’em all.
Chocolate milk and protein blend, with maltodextrin.
Tea (gong fu style)
Probably beer since I have a couple bottle carbing right now, but not until after the tour. Potentially a couple weeks after since I have plans which require maximizing recovery.
(In that order)
I found out this morning I am out of beer! So I went through a club soda, plain water, juice, and coffee only because that’s what was in the room.
At this rate, perhaps I will hit all the polling options, since that was 4 in one stage…hmm…then, I have a beautiful bottle of red wine I purchased solely because of the bicycle on the label. I think I can add a personal challenge to myself to try all of the drinks on the list during the tour. Then I pick my favourite at the end. 
You say that, but I just hear “I will fuel with wine during 9H” 
For the individual stages, usually a super food protein shake, coffee, and water
After The Tour there will be beer, soda, and more coffee.
My usual post ride recovery is chocolate milk.
Chocolate ice cream really but it’s pretty much the same thing.
if you’ve not seen the Ninja Creami it’s possibly the best kitchen gadget ever created - home made healthy ice cream with very little effort.
tap water
If I can get past antibiotics and a root canal alongside the tour, then it will be On Location at the Dentelles for stage 8
Mine was chocolate milk and an espresso today.
Thank you for that. It is getting more and more difficult to find real ice cream at our grocery store locally, so my extended family has been chatting about making our own instead. Problem is knowing which appliance is worth getting. Now that’s solved!
Root canal…did you at least avoid novacaine?
Not entirely sure what it was but to be fair I probably would have been up for whatever was on offer
I did a marathon (the full 26.2mi/42k) on the rower last fall where I downed a beer at the start and every 7.5km.
Do not recommend.
Mine is generally water or chocolate milk.
During stages - holy water , for recovery chocolate milk with a scoop of protein powder then if achieved it’ll be a crisp Oyster Bay Sauv.Blanc. I say ‘if’ simply because I’m giving it a go 8 months post bi-lateral hip replacements and still building strength and fitness 
I generally use protein powder every day so I did not count that as part of my recovery drink.
Fair point. Post Tour ride recovery drinks are different.
Chocolate Milk
Tea
Water (iced)
