Marathon Sugar Sugar
3 watchers
Mar 2013
7:03pm, 23 Mar 2013
3,641 posts
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Kieren
I train without sugars / gels but at London I want to have a steady supply of sugar to get me round. I have used jelly babies in the past but they melted into sticky goo. What do you use? Any suggestions for sugar sources I can nibble on through what will be quite a long time for me? M & Ms? |
Mar 2013
7:09pm, 23 Mar 2013
245 posts
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kjtindall
Advice is train with what you will run with, don't do anything new on race day. Long training runs, I used to eat chomps/fudges. Ultras done on weetabix and sugar in the past....less practical at Canary Wharf, I'll agree 
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Mar 2013
7:49pm, 23 Mar 2013
5,294 posts
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Bazoaxe
jelly babies only melt in wet conditions I found......otherwise fine....I use rowntrees fruity jellies now...but as KJT says, train with them as well
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Mar 2013
7:52pm, 23 Mar 2013
14,858 posts
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HellsBells
M+S Percy Pigs - much less sticky than jelly babies and less sickly too I don't do gels or fancy drinks, just normal things like sweeties and water |
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Mar 2013
7:54pm, 23 Mar 2013
5,295 posts
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Bazoaxe
theres an idea..percy pigs
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Mar 2013
7:58pm, 23 Mar 2013
2,405 posts
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Pestomum
can you still get vegetarian ones?
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Mar 2013
8:10pm, 23 Mar 2013
6,506 posts
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Dvorak
Barley sugars. Each one will last about half an hour.
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Mar 2013
8:14pm, 23 Mar 2013
14,028 posts
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DeeGee
Get one of those things that you can put on your upper arm to carry an iPod, and fill it with Jaffa Cakes.
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Mar 2013
8:54pm, 23 Mar 2013
6,507 posts
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Dvorak
Top idea, DeeGee? Can one purchase a "biscuit hat"? Like those hats with beer and a drinking tube, except with biscuits and a biscuit delivery mechanism?
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Mar 2013
11:24pm, 23 Mar 2013
3,642 posts
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Kieren
I think I've read about the percy pigs before but love the idea of a full moon jaffa cake biscuit hat
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