What to drink on long runs... (Read 1926 times)

I tend to sweat a lot too, and I carry Gatorade on my longer runs. I used to carry water when I lived in Florida. Actually I would freeze bottles of water and carry the ice so that it melted steadily during the run. That kept the drink cool and also prevented me from gulping too much too soon. Since I moved to Toronto I switched to Gatorade. Reason? I run outside during the winter and I found that the water in my bottle would actually start to freeze. Ice chips in Florida in July are awesome. Ice chips in Canada in January are not so awesome. The Gatorade seems to not freeze as quickly as the water though I can't imagine why. Last I checked Gatorade does not contain amonia. Hmmmmm. Now I wonder if perhaps my wife is secretly putting anti-freeze in my Gatorade bottles. Awwwww, you just gotta love those wacky redheads.

It's the salt.

Rolling Rock if available. Otherwise, water... "No calories unless it has benefits."

That's pretty much a wash isn't it?

I like my Amphipod belt (adjustable) with the little 8 oz bottles. The weight can be distributed so that it doesn't bounce. I personally don't use Gatorade, etc, in training runs because that stuff has sugar/calories and I'm not trying to train myself to consume sugar - I'm trying to train the body to run off of its stored fuel reserves.

Ditto on both counts. I started the day of my most recent run (a LR) skipping breakfast and just drinking a cup of coffee. I drank 2 x 20 oz Propel drinks during the run. I think that was a bad move from the perspective of my heart-health. I was maintaining my HR at at 180-age. Thoughts?

It's the salt.

Anything that's in the gatorade will lower it's freezing temperature. That includes the salt and the sugar. http://www.chemistryexplained.com/Ce-Co/Colligative-Properties.html Salt just works twice as well to keep water from freezing because it dissociates into two units, the Na+ and Cl- ions, where sugar does not, and remains one unit.