Well I did my 3 hour run yesterday and took a gel with me, Im not sure I did it right though. Are you meant to take the entire gel in one go or (this is what I did) squeeze it in to water and sip at it during the run?

On the gel pack it said take with 300ml water so I just mixed it in but drinking 300ml of water while running in one go is a bit OTT. Can anyone help please.

O.

I just chug them and follow up with a swig or two of water. The general idea's to not "just" eat the gels and drink nothing, so long as you drink "some" water as well, it should be good.

Anyone tried Endurosnack? Recommended by the Czech olympic team, looks like tubes of toothpaste. They've got caffeine, creatine & loads of other stuff as well as sugar, seem to perk me up fairly well (although at the end of a run I get a strange desire to jump in a tank and drive towards Moscow... )

I'm thinking I'll start with the gels after about an hour in my marathon, maybe 8miles, 13.1, 18 & 22 something like that

I just have the gels in one, I also take in water on th run though not necessarily with the water... those endurosnack things sound quite the concoction Katten!

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Never tried gels, but if I'm running more than 10 miles I make a point of downing at least 1oz of water every mile starting from the second mile, or more if I get thirsty.

The gels I have are 300g taken every 30mins in 100g shots with a few glugs of water...

I tried the HighFive powder during the marathon and it taste really nice, its easy to use, just power the powder in to 500ml of water, shake and your done, and it doesnt have any artificial sweetners in it

Well worth trying.

O.

I've recently noticed that Gatorade advertises itself as having no additives or perservatives... just one to bear in mind for those seeking to avoid 'evil stuff' in their energy drinks

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