Gel advice..
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The ones I have just now are called PowerBar, its a Black current flavour gel with suggested usage of "One pouch every 20 - 45 minutes during excercise with 400ml Water" but it doesnt say about how to take it, dilute it in water or just slurp it out the pouch. 
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ok... well, straight out the pouch directly followed with water, so if you're not carrying water then you'll need to take a gel at a drink station.
Just for future reference, you don't need to take water with SiS gels, but it's all down to personal preferance
Good luck!
Just for future reference, you don't need to take water with SiS gels, but it's all down to personal preferance
Good luck!
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Cheers, I will be carrying water on me because I think its going to be a hot one tomorrow! It also means I don't need to slow down for the water station.....really want to get the 1/2 marathon done in under 2 hours tomorrow but we will see......
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Good luck, Owain
I usually just consider the 400ml of water as "advice" and ignore it so long as I take on water regularly during a race. Trying to drink that much in one go while running is a tad hard for me. Also, one gel every 20 minutes would give me sugar overload after about... 25 minutes... But everyone develops their own system that works
Best of luck in Tewkesbury, Trin
I usually just consider the 400ml of water as "advice" and ignore it so long as I take on water regularly during a race. Trying to drink that much in one go while running is a tad hard for me. Also, one gel every 20 minutes would give me sugar overload after about... 25 minutes...
But everyone develops their own system that worksBest of luck in Tewkesbury, Trin
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NEVER AGAIN!!!!!
I can honestly say I am not going to take a power gel again, Im going to need to find something but not gels! 45 mins in to the race and I thought, right, I will take my gel now....so, there I am taking my gel thinking it tastes OK, then BANG, really bad pain just behind my rib, it wasnt a stitch (I don't think) and it took my breath away so much so that I had to go to a walk....eventually the pain went away and I got running again but then a stitch came in, I ran through that and I was fine but it has to be the gel.....it was in a matter of seconds of taking it. Wasnt nice!
I had taken the gels before but not in a race enviroment, only when out doing long runs and probably a slightly slower pace.
A mars bar or something like that will need to do the job for the edinburgh marathon or I will mix up a energy drink to take with me.
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I can honestly say I am not going to take a power gel again, Im going to need to find something but not gels! 45 mins in to the race and I thought, right, I will take my gel now....so, there I am taking my gel thinking it tastes OK, then BANG, really bad pain just behind my rib, it wasnt a stitch (I don't think) and it took my breath away so much so that I had to go to a walk....eventually the pain went away and I got running again but then a stitch came in, I ran through that and I was fine but it has to be the gel.....it was in a matter of seconds of taking it. Wasnt nice!
I had taken the gels before but not in a race enviroment, only when out doing long runs and probably a slightly slower pace.
A mars bar or something like that will need to do the job for the edinburgh marathon or I will mix up a energy drink to take with me.
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Surely if you've loaded your energy up in the day or so before the race, all you need is water at the stations.
I never take water with me on my normal runs and force myself to take it in races and never ever waste any time or money on 'sports drinks'. You're experience has re affirmed this for me. Thanks!
I never take water with me on my normal runs and force myself to take it in races and never ever waste any time or money on 'sports drinks'. You're experience has re affirmed this for me. Thanks!
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maybe it was just that gel that didn't suit you. You could try the gels that you don't need water with... they work for me
The good thing about gels as opposed to 'food' such as mars bar etc, is that you don't have to chew and the body can get to work with it straight away
The good thing about gels as opposed to 'food' such as mars bar etc, is that you don't have to chew and the body can get to work with it straight away
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