Question: I’m hiking 250kms over 10 days in the heat (36 to 39 degrees). I do have a back-pack for hydration and I need to be able to snack during the day – What can I use?
Answer:
1) In your backpack:
Use EnduraPower and alternate with GT Gel with the pocket bottle.
If you swap/alternate between the 2 formulas, you’ll feel refreshed and not “blegh” because of bored taste buds!
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How to use GT Gel with the pocket bottle:
Put water only in your back-pack and take little sips of the GT Gel throughout the whole day from the little pocket bottle. You should get about 6 hours of hiking fuel and energy out of one little pocket bottle filled with GT Gel.
2) To snack on throughout the day, I suggest the Souties, Joobies and EnduraShake
What are these?
Souties are a complete little meal in one biscuit – Each little biscuit contains protein, potato (cassava root) and MCT oil (medium chain triglycerides) for sustained energy.
It is a savoury snack, containing Kalahari and Himalayan salt. Souties are great if you like to nibble on REAL food, particularly if you’re craving salty foods, which often happens in the second half of an event. Souties are also really good for stabilising blood sugar and/or for settling a queasy tummy.
Souties do not contain preservatives or colourants!
Joobies are an energy boost with electrolytes, great for a bit of a “lift”, especially toward the end of a long day.
EnduraShake….Lastly, if the food on offer is not great, then use a serving of EnduraShake in the morning – this will last you most of the day in terms of food…On an intense or very long hike, you could also take it again at lunchtime. One serving of EnduraShake (2 scoops in 400mls water) will last you about 5 hours before you start to hungry