To tie in with our Planning you Otter nutritional strategy article, we thought it fitting to enlighten you as to what exactly you will have at your disposal GU wise during the prologue, race day and what you can collect at registration.
We will have our GU gazebos set up at the registration area so that trail runners can come and collect their GU nutrition before the race and ask any last minute nutritional questions they may have.
Various products from the GU range will also be on sale during registration for some last minute shopping if you want specific flavours or forgot something at home.
The following GU products will be available for trail runners to collect at REGISTRATION for both the Race and Challenge:
– 1x GU Roctane Ultra Endurance Energy Gel.
Flavours: Pineapple (no caffeine) or Chocolate Rasberry (35mg caffeine)
– 2x GU Energy Gels
Flavours: Strawberry Banana and Peanut Butter (no caffeine) or Tri Berry, Vanilla Bean and Mandarin Orange (20mg caffeine)
– 1x GU Chomps serving (4 individual Chomps)
Flavours: Blueberry Pomegranate, Watermelon, Lemon and Orange (no caffeine) as well as Strawberry (20mg Caffeine) and Peach Tea (40mg Caffeine)
– 1x GU Electrolyte Tablet
Flavours: Strawberry Lemonade, Tri Berry as well as Lemon and Lime.
For the Salt River PROLOGUE we will have GU Electrolyte Brew available in either Lemon and Lime or Blueberry Pomegranate for trail runners to fill up before and/or after their attempt, ensuring optimal hydration and fuelling as well as recovery for the Race or Challenge the next day.
The GU Munchie Point will be handled a bit differently this year, with each trail runner receiving his allotment of product in a pre-packed “Zip-Lock” bag. This will facilitate quick movement through the GU Munchie Point for the more serious trail runners where every second counts, as well as providing a useful place to stash your trash in the empty “Zip-Lock” bag.
The following GU products will be included in each GUdie Bag at the GU MUNCHIE POINT:
– 1x GU Roctane Ultra Endurance Energy Gel
Flavours: Pineapple (no caffeine) or Chocolate Rasberry (35mg caffeine)
– 1x GU Energy Gel
Flavours: Strawberry Banana and Peanut Butter (no caffeine) or Tri Berry, Vanilla Bean and Mandarin Orange (20mg caffeine)
– 2x GU Chomps servings
Flavours: Blueberry Pomegranate, Watermelon, Lemon and Orange (no caffeine) as well as Strawberry (20mg Caffeine) and Peach Tea (40mg Caffeine)
The flavours will be a mix in each bag, so try and find one with the mix that will mostly work for you. One of the gels will be with caffeine and one without and the same goes for the Chomps servings.
There will also be GU Electrolyte Brew for trail runners to fill up their bladders or bottles with at the GU Munchie Point. The Blueberry Pomegranate flavour contains double the Sodium of our other flavours, so will ensure trail runners are properly hydrated and may even help with those dreaded cramps!
Lastly at the GU RECOVERY ZONE you will be greeted with an ice cold cup of GU Recovery Brew in Orange Pineapple flavour and/or a cup of GU Electrolyte Brew in either Lemon and Lime or Blueberry Pomegranate to ensure you are refueled and re-hydrated after your hard effort on the day!
We hope this info puts some of those race day nerves to bed; all you need to do now is go out and run!
See you at the Otter!
The GU Crew
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