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I have always found energy gells faintly revolting. If I take three or four, I feel pretty grim. I know there is a school of thought that says, "run without nutrition, like we did in the old days" and that's attractive, but probably not for me. So - has anyone run a marathon consuming anything less grim and maybe more 'real'? I mean, I'm not going to whip out a banana sandwich on London Bridge, but there must be something that gives the energy needed, without sucking warm sugar-gloop. Does anyone have any experience of trying things more 'real' that actually work and are practical?
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CNP do a gel with coconut water. Far easier to digest.
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Hi Tim
Whilst out on our long run this morning Evatt was handing out jelly babies. I think these are really good - instant sugar sources - loads of our Barry 40 runners eat them on the run, I also provide a couple of bags - easy to carry and light. I used to eat loads of them when I was ultra training - and Jaffa cakes but they are a bit bulkier.
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Tim, can I just say that I did actually do the run this morning and wasn't just hanging around giving sweets to strangers!!!!
I'm not qualified enough to comment on this Tim as the furthest I've done recently is 16 and they have been great for those runs. However, if they are good enough for "the Oracle" they're good enough for me.
Asda are doing large bags of them for 89p at the moment, so cheaper than gels and more enjoyable!!!!
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Whilst not being a marathon expert, I have used jelly babies on long runs. The only thing I found is that they tend to congeal in to one big jelly monster. I sometimes use jelly beans as an alternative.
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Tim, I would recommend PSP 22. It comes in a variety of flavours and can be purchased at Bean freaks, or even tesco. Ideal for pre marathon maintenance and for use during the race. It's powder based and diluted with water. A good idea is to start using it well before the race in training so you are able to adapt to it. Edited by user 29 March 2015 17:49:57(UTC)
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you are doing london so you have 3 weeks to get it right..
1. sis gels are popular but still gels . i can happily take without water..
2.CLIF SHOT BLOKS work well.. i can take these too..
3. you can try the sports drink they offer.. but lucozade makes me ill - the taste is too sharp for me.. so dont use unless you have tried..
i'm far from an expert.. but its all down to what works for you..
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Jelly Babies etc are fine. I always use a gluciose drink and with London I always trainned with Lucozade as it saves the need to carry anything. Remeber anything you I want to use on the day train with first. I've seen runners take Lucozade and then throw up seconds later! I have heared flat coke works as good as lucozade.
NB Jelly Babies have gylentine in them so if you are a strick veggie you may want to find something else.
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Fruit pastilles, sugar boost and staves off the hunger in a marathon as you miss your lunch when running. I always get hungry about 18 miles in but this year i will look forward to Tim's lemon drizzle cake at the finish. Edited by user 30 March 2015 06:39:47(UTC)
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In answer to your question, jelly babies are the best I think as they don't stick to the roof of your mouth when you're running!
If you are vegetarian (and to those reading who are), Lidl does non-gelatine sweets. I know the American hard gums are anyway.
On the note of gels, I have been taking Gu gels recently. I had a salted caramel one on Sunday. It was like Angel Delight (well, if they did salted caramel flavour...)! Not everyone's taste, granted, but a bit of a change from the overly sickly orange and tropical ones I used to take.
Good luck!
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Thank you all very much. I can see I need to do some quick experiments (or just stick to what I know for this one). It seems that I have four weeks to try Gu, jelly babies and baking lemon drizzle cake. Tx
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I'm a big fan of the Gu salted caramel gels too. The Clif chocolate ones are worth a try too - they're quite thick so they don't go goopy and squirt everywhere! I find them much easier to take than the usual runny fruit flavoured ones.
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A recent article in a US running magazine suggested a new trend in Nutrition supports prior to a marathon. They have produced a study that showsthe Beacon fat is effective becuase it is slow to absorb in the body will remain in the body as stored energy sufficient to boost your energy beyond 20 miles. They posted the article today. They studied 100 runners 50 without the beacon and 50 with beacon sandwich within 30 mins of the race start. The 50 with beacon sandwich on average were about 5 mins faster than the ones without. I think it is a porky pie myself /April 1st over ...beacon next year Edited by user 01 April 2015 19:20:18(UTC)
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I get a dodgey gut with certain things, but found jelly beans good, used SiS gels which are tolerable on the past, and currently have a job lot of lemon and lime gels made by 'for goodness shakes' which are less bulky than SIS gels, similar calorific content. You are welcome to have a couple to try. Can drop some to club Thursday or at Sunday run this w end. Yet to discover anything that is more than a means to an end and save the enjoyment of food for after the run. Good luck with it all!
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