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Yup. That’s my little box of racing munchies, consisting of a mixture of:
- SiS Caffeinated gels
- Torq gels, Black Cherry Yogurt, Rhubarb & Custard and a few others
- Body Science gels
- Hammer Endurolytes Fizz electrolyte tabs
- Hammer Perpetuem Solids chewable energy
- Dextro energy for a high-glucose hit
- Swisse recovery bars (I don’t normally buy Swisse due to their dodgy supplement claims, but they were on sale. Cheap.)
- Some apricot delight
- Painkillers, tape and some spare CO2 cartridges that didn’t fit in the toolbox.
This box goes with me to MTB races and training days, but generally doesn’t make it to road events. The variety means I can stock up on energy without every getting bored with the same thing. Or at least, that’s the theory. In practice, some are better than others and some are just terrible. For instance I’ve given up on the GU coffee gels as they’re just too thick to get down quickly, and I tried a mint flavoured Endura gel once and vowed never to do so again. The Torq gels, though, are excellent, wit well-thought out flavour hits, a nice consistency, and a pack that’s easy to open on the go.
How do you manage your race-day food requirements? What’s your favourite and least favourite energy hit?
