dude, I am just making the point that gels are easier to carry than fruit.
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> 4 Bananas for an olympic tri? Oh my god ...
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> >You are right that a banana has the same nutritional value as a gel.
But,
> >try putting 4 bananas in your jersey pocket before a race. It is not practical.
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> >"Theodor Seiz" <
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> >> You dont need any gels. I never used gels and and I wont use them ever. Just starch, sugar and
> >> lots of advertisment. A piece of banana is of equal value as is some maltodextrin in 20%
> >> applejuice and 80 % Water (add some salt for long distance events).
> >>
> >> I bought "triathletes magazine" a few times - they push in the editorial articles whatever
> >> company pais for ads. The most absurd one was a neverreach trinking system - half a page of an
> >> article with some strange study on drag figures and the ad on the other half of the page citing
> >> the same study.
> >>
> >> Gels are simply a way to sell a less than 1 cent value product to people with too much money
> >> for 1 or 2 $. BTW this **** is full of chemicals, artificial flavours preservatives, I wouldnt
> >> dare to feed it to cattle and sure like hell I wouldnt eat that myselve.
> >>
> >> They push fast absorbtion and next time slow absorbtion, they push isolated carbs and next time
> >> they "discover" that carbs work better with protein. What ********! Real food has that all,
> >> look at top cyclists, bananas, small sandwiches, water and sport drink - maybe a low fat energy
> >> bar for longer events. The claims done by this sport product mafia are funny: 20% increase in
> >> performance. (METXR or something like that). Feed that stuff to any low profile pro and he will
> >> win the Tour?
> >>
> >> For an olympic tri I dont think eating is necessary though half a banana wont hurt. Find out
> >> what drink works during the training, add bananas at T1 and thats it. No need to buy any of
> >> this chemical ****. Drinks tested by me and my buddies:
> >>
> >> 1. Apple Juice (20%), 1 Spoon of Maltodextrin and Water (80%)
> >> 2. Fruit tee with maltodextrin (80%) and table sugar (20%) with a mineral tablet.
> >> 3. Ice tea (25%) sweatened and Water (75%) - this is my usual mix if it gets hot and I need to
> >> buy drinks at a gas station to refil my bottles
> >> 4. Water for anything < 2h
> >>
> >> Never use more than 80g of carbs per 1l of fluid. Just my opinion - but I am a beginner myselve
> >> so maybe someday I will be enlightened and realized why I need gels.
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