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stay_upright 09-25-2017 06:34 AM

What's in your camelbak?
 
I'm wondering whether to use a drink that contains easy to digest energy sugar/glucose type thing for 2 + 2 hour or 3 hour hare n hounds (flat out the whole time) to replace the water I normally use?

What do people use - do you find a noticeable benefit over water only?

Zman 09-25-2017 07:11 AM

If you use a sports drink in your hydration system, make sure you wash it out that same day. Those drinks create a perfect breeding ground for growing science experiments in your camelback.

Wimpy525 09-25-2017 07:55 AM

Vodka! LOL
Water, then I use Goo every 45 minutes. Goo keeps the cramps away and gives you the energy you need without filling your stomach. I don't use the ones with caffeine as they dehydrate you.
I also rinse and freeze my camelback when done, keeps it from getting moldy.

Leo 09-25-2017 08:51 AM

It can be as simple as a pinch of salt and 1 teaspoon sugar to a pint of water.... Everything you already have and can be prepared in a rush to ride.
You can put Tang instead suggar if you want a "taste".


http://health.howstuffworks.com/well...ehydration.htm

swazi_matt 09-25-2017 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wimpy525 (Post 179078)
Vodka! LOL
Water, then I use Goo every 45 minutes. Goo keeps the cramps away and gives you the energy you need without filling your stomach. I don't use the ones with caffeine as they dehydrate you.
I also rinse and freeze my camelback when done, keeps it from getting moldy.

I have done a fair amount of research on this and the one I settled on was high5 4:1 for the roof of africa (but that was abou 7hrs of riding each day)
For long events you want some protein in the mix, and fructose rather than sucrose. I have never heard of caffeine dehydrating you but I suppose with it being a diuretic it may get fluid to your bladder a bit quicker (FYI at the roof I drank float to 9 litres without needing a pee) but I wouldn't recommend a caffeine based drink. Rather a caffeine based gel or goo

What the caffeine does is help to keep your stomach digesting. When you are doing heavy exercise your body sort of shuts down some of its functions (in simple terms lol) which is why you can sometimes feel bloated from the energy drink. The caffeine keeps your stomach working and In turn helps get whatever you have in the drink (electrolytes energy etc) it back into your bloodstream. I used to take the caffeine goo later in the race also gives a bit of a pickmeup

swazi_matt 09-25-2017 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swazi_matt (Post 179088)
I have done a fair amount of research on this and the one I settled on was high5 4:1 for the roof of africa (but that was abou 7hrs of riding each day)
For long events you want some protein in the mix, and fructose rather than sucrose. I have never heard of caffeine dehydrating you but I suppose with it being a diuretic it may get fluid to your bladder a bit quicker (FYI at the roof I drank float to 9 litres without needing a pee) but I wouldn't recommend a caffeine based drink. Rather a caffeine based gel or goo

What the caffeine does is help to keep your stomach digesting. When you are doing heavy exercise your body sort of shuts down some of its functions (in simple terms lol) which is why you can sometimes feel bloated from the energy drink. The caffeine keeps your stomach working and In turn helps get whatever you have in the drink (electrolytes energy etc) it back into your bloodstream. I used to take the caffeine goo later in the race also gives a bit of a pickmeup

Most important is to try out new mixtures on practice days, not at the race

risk74 09-26-2017 09:48 AM

3/4 Pedialyte, 1/4 water, 1 cup maltodextrin (carbo gain)

End up with 2 liters which is the size of my hydration bladder. Seems to work well for 2 hour hare scrambles in the southern heat. But I also pay close attention to hydration and carb loading well before the event.

Moto7man 09-26-2017 11:16 AM

For extreme heat, like Florida and the Southeast USA, 2 liter camelback with 1/3 ice+1/3 water+1/3 Gatorade.

arminhammer 09-26-2017 11:57 AM

I'm a low carb/ periodically keto guy so I use just water elete in it.

https://eleteelectrolytes.com/

kdxkid 05-15-2018 12:14 PM

water, ice (lots), and 2 coors lite for afterwards


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