awenborn wrote:
HuffNPuff wrote:
The Powerbar contract with Ironman Europe was last extended from 2015-2017. I heard it was not renewed for 2018 but do not know what company is replacing them.I can't say I'm disappointed to hear that and perhaps therein lies the problem for PowerBar. It'll be interesting to see who replaces them.
As to the sports vs healthy snack distinction, I wouldn't be surprised if the latter has effectively become the former, in that people partaking in sports are shifting their eating habits away from highly-processed foodstuffs to more natural alternatives.
+1 on this. I pretty much only use gels on race day or really long training days, and even then I limit them to the run and the latter part of the bike. Haven't used a bar during training or racing in a long time.