Dextrose Tablets

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AngusClydesdale May 2014 1:38pm, 16 May 2014 7,485 posts	0 AngusClydesdale Mmmmmmmmmmm.........flaaapjaaack!
sheri3004 May 2014 1:44pm, 16 May 2014 18,542 posts	0 sheri3004 I've never had much success with solid food while running, couldn't begin to countenance a flapjack!
Marvin May 2014 2:09pm, 16 May 2014 18 posts	0 Marvin Maybe I'm looking at the wrong type of dextrose tablets or something. The tablets I've seen only have ~12kcals/tablet vs. about 100kcals/gel. Knocking back 8+ tablets and the accompanying water every 30-40 minutes or so sounds like a lot of work to me?
SillyFencer May 2014 2:50pm, 16 May 2014 1,051 posts	0 SillyFencer Is it calories you count though, or carbohydrate/glucose content? At 100 kcals per gel, I'd rather do without to be honest. Also, do you really need a gel or the equivalent every 30 minutes? I've always read those recommendations and thought it was excessive.
DeeGee May 2014 3:02pm, 16 May 2014 15,824 posts	0 DeeGee You're right in that I've not done the math properly. There's 88 kcal in an SiS Gel, which would require about 7 tablets, although with 28 in a pack it should still meet my usual energy requirements, I'd have thought. Just regularity of dosage neeeds to be altered.
DeeGee May 2014 3:04pm, 16 May 2014 15,825 posts	0 DeeGee Gels-wise, I'll usually do one every five miles or so. Four over the course of a marathon.
Tarahumara May 2014 3:16pm, 16 May 2014 1,390 posts	0 Tarahumara I didn't used to be able to manage real food but needs must really as "sports" stuff upsets me
rf_fozzy May 2014 3:54pm, 16 May 2014 6,138 posts	0 rf_fozzy To answer the question levelled at me: I have tried the following fueling strategies: 1. Nothing 2. Water 3. Sports Drinks 4. "Normal" Hi5 gels (didn't like the taste of lucozade and the others) 5. Isotonic Gels 6. Cereal Bars 7. Flapjack 8. Various combinations of the above. I get the same effect - at about the 3hr mark (give or take an error), my stomach starts to go AWOL, I start to feel sick etc....I've vomited on/after a number of races (inc London Marathon and 3/4 times on the 3P) and it makes it difficult to run fast when stomach goes. Due to the timing and other factors, it has to be due to a dip in blood sugar, none of the above worked for me. However at 2 races recently, I was given glucose tablets (one after a race when I was ready to vomit and during another) and both perked me up very quickly. Don't know whether it's that the glucose tablets are faster acting or whatever, but as you can see I'm running out of ideas. Will give them a try this weekend. Got a relatively longish race in the Lakes to have a go at and last year I died in the last 2miles (although wasn't sick), so I will get an indication whether it'll work or not.
Tarahumara May 2014 3:57pm, 16 May 2014 1,392 posts	0 Tarahumara Make sure you're fuelled up to start with and take regular food breaks
rf_fozzy May 2014 4:07pm, 16 May 2014 6,139 posts	0 rf_fozzy Yep, done that. This years 3P I was eating a decent sized piece of flapjack every 30mins (+/- 1min) - no difference to eating nothing....