🤮 𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗬 𝗚𝗘𝗟𝗦 🤮

A question I often get asked is “ I can’t have gels they make me 🤮 💩 “

They don’t work for everyone that’s for sure, with some things you have to train the body to take them on.

You need to start practicing early with nutrition just daily runs take 1 gel as runs build up take a couple rather than wait till you go beyond 90 minute long runs then start thinking about fuelling and discover something doesn’t work for you.

There are other options don’t worry 🙌🏻

I’ve kept this to sports products purely based on convenience of carrying on race day.

𝙑𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙧, 𝙜𝙚𝙡 𝙤𝙧 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙗𝙤𝙝𝙮𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨. 𝙄𝙣 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨: 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙚𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮. 😮 ( if you want the sources of the information get in touch )

It should be noted, however, that the energy bars in these studies were easily digestible and contained few fibres, fats and proteins which slow down the rate of digestion and availability of energy.

Again with the gel dilemma you have to practice in training and practice early.

These below are just an example of popular energy bars we have available in the uk unfortunately you’re going to have to spend some money to find options that work for you. Luckily you can buy individual bars on many website.

I’ve added Tailwind in, a product I love and a lot of people use to fuel or part of their fuelling but you will need to carry a lot of water. Even if you make it concentrated you are meant to take on at least 300ml per serving to help with digestion. 4 hour marathon, 4 servings 1.2l of water so either carry it or neck it at each aid station causing some serious sloshing 🤮

𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗳𝘂𝗹 👀