For my bike and run fluids, I like to "experiment" with adding other ingredients to the water bottle. Normally, I'll start out with one scoop of Maurten/SIS/Gatorade/Gu Powder and then add in the some combination of the following:
- Touch of Olive Oil (A little bit of good fat and it helps to coat the throat for dry energy bars)
- Honey (Extra Carbs)
- Maple Syrup (Extra Carbs and it tastes great)
- Ground Ginger (Definitely wakes up the throat with a tingly action)
- Vitamin Water (Add this to Maurten because Maurten tastes so bland)
- Red Bull (Gives me wings)
- Endurox (It has a small amount of protein, but I'm unable to find Endurox Fruit Punch Flavor any more. Endurox is supposed to be a "post workout" drink, but I drink it during long runs and long rides).
I noticed that Hammer Nutrition has long been an advocate Heed, which has no fructose, no glucose and no sucrose. Since everybody is trying to get 100 grams of carbs an hour, Hammer is now offering a 100 gram sugarfest powder.
Does anybody have other suggestions?
- Touch of Olive Oil (A little bit of good fat and it helps to coat the throat for dry energy bars)
- Honey (Extra Carbs)
- Maple Syrup (Extra Carbs and it tastes great)
- Ground Ginger (Definitely wakes up the throat with a tingly action)
- Vitamin Water (Add this to Maurten because Maurten tastes so bland)
- Red Bull (Gives me wings)
- Endurox (It has a small amount of protein, but I'm unable to find Endurox Fruit Punch Flavor any more. Endurox is supposed to be a "post workout" drink, but I drink it during long runs and long rides).
I noticed that Hammer Nutrition has long been an advocate Heed, which has no fructose, no glucose and no sucrose. Since everybody is trying to get 100 grams of carbs an hour, Hammer is now offering a 100 gram sugarfest powder.
Does anybody have other suggestions?