Roctane Ultra Endurance Energy Drink Mix

Have you considered ditching syrup for a liquid high carb drink mix? On my weekend 2.5 hour long run I took two 500mL soft flasks: one was 6 scoops of GU Roctane powder (about 177g of carbs and 105mg caffeine total) dissolved in 500mL of water, and the other was just water. The drink mix was not thi

You can train what's called repeatability. Basically you do reasonably short intervals a good number of times, ideally with limited rest and tailored to the next racecourse. If you're new, you should see big gains reasonably quickly doing 2 interval sessions a week for 4 weeks, with a plateau after

Are you drinking any water on your runs? It sounds like no. Gels will pull water into your gut and can cause cramping, bloating, nausea, diarrhea, etc. I switched to high carb drink mix instead and have zero discomfort. I am now up to 80g/hour of either GU Roctane (with caffeine) or Formula369 (with

I used gu roctane for my first half and then bought ingredients on amazon to customize it slightly for my second and training. My dad who has done a bunch of fulls uses gu and hammer drink mix. Whatever tastes good and works for your stomach tbh.

Just seeing that OP is still in high school. You’re going to want at least 50-100 grams of carbs per hour. If you were just doing the ride, 50 would usually be enough, but since in the race, you’ll have a whole marathon after the ride, you need to use the ride to overfuel so you’ve got energy for th

No, but to be fair, I’ve never had any gastro issues using whatever drink mix or food that happened to be available at neutral aid stations at the endurance mtb races I’ve done. I’m using GU Roctane drink mix right now. Three scoops is 90 gr of carbs. The only issue is that it seems like a 21 oz bot

I have to push back on something. No new stuff on race day. This is good advice for a 5k. Even a 10k or half marathon. This is advice that doesn't really apply here. 90% of people on this sub except those prepping for the Ultra are never going to do training sessions that are 6-10 hours long. Someth